India, April 18 -- The Vasai sessions court on Wednesday sentenced diamond trader Kiran Makwana, 47, to life imprisonment for murdering his live-in partner, Sonali Chemburkar and her son Kunal Chemburkar in 2015 at their house in Vasai East.

According to the prosecution, Makwana's wife had parted ways with him due to his extra-marital affair with Sonali Chemburkar. Makwana, along with his children from his first marriage, Janhvi and Laksh, moved in with Sonali and her son Kunal from her previous relationship. Disturbances started building up between the two after Sonali allegedly didn't treat his children well and they decided to live with their mother. This resulted in regular arguments between the two.

In one such argument on October ...