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Delhi court convicts three men in 2009 Jigisha murder case

Sentinel Digital Desk

New Delhi, July 14: A Delhi court on Thursday held three men guilty of kidpping and killing IT executive Jigisha Ghosh in March 2009. Additiol Sessions Judge Sandeep Yadav said the prosecution had proved its case against the three: Ravi Kapoor, Amit Shukla and Baljit Singh Malik. “It is abundantly clear from direct and circumstantial evidence that three convicts abducted Jigisha Ghosh for committing her murder,” the court said. The court has fixed August 20 for hearing arguments on the quantum of sentence and sought a report regarding the behaviour of the three convicts during judicial custody. Jigisha, 28, who was working with Hewitt Associate Pvt Ltd as operations mager, was kidpped and killed on March 18, 2009 after her office cab dropped her near her home in south Delhi’s Vasant Vihar around 4 a.m. Her body was recovered on March 20, 2009 from a place near Surajkund in Harya. Later police arrested Kapoor, Shukla and Malik in the case. The court convicted the three under Section 302 (murder), Section 201 (destruction of evidence), Section 364 (kidpping or abducting in order to murder), Section 394 (voluntarily causing hurt in committing robbery), Section 468 (forgery for purpose of cheating), Section 471 (using as genuine a forged document or electronic record), Section 482 (punishment for using a false property mark) with Section 34 (common intention) of the Indian Pel Code. (IANS)