Mohali, March 23 -- A Himachal Pradesh resident who raped and murdered a widow at a hotel in Baltana in 2021 will be spending his remaining life in jail, a local court has ruled.

The court of additional district and sessions judge Vikrant Kumar held Sandeep Kumar guilty of sexually assaulting the victim after false promise of marriage and eventually strangulating her to death.

A fine of Rs.20,000 was also slapped on Sandeep,a native of Dobar village, Una, Himachal Pradesh. The detailed order with the court's observations is awaited.

The complainant in the matter was the victim's paternal cousin, an Uttar Pradesh native, currently living in Mauli Jagran, Chandigarh.

He told police that his cousin worked as a cleaner at a hotel located ...