Mohali, Sept. 12 -- A local court on Thursday awarded life imprisonment to sacked assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Rashpal Singh for the murder of his live-in partner in 2022.

The convict has also been awarded three years' jail under Section 201 (causing disappearance of evidence) of the Indian Penal Code, besides a penalty of Rs.50,000.

The body of the victim, Nasseb Kaur, 22, a nurse at a private hospital in Panchkula, had been found in a pond in Sohana on November 13, 2022.

Rashpal was arrested 11 days later. During interrogation, he confessed to the police that he had strangled her to death after a drinking session as she was pressuring him to marry her. He also admitted to carrying her body on his Activa scooter and dumping it near t...