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Bengaluru Court Jails Two Men for Life in Woman's Murder Over Property Dispute
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News18•29-09-2026, 21:30
Bengaluru Court Jails Two Men for Life in Woman's Murder Over Property Dispute
- •A city court in Bengaluru sentenced S Noor Ahmed and Raghavendra to life imprisonment for the murder of 47-year-old Seeta.
- •The judgment, delivered on September 28, found the accused guilty of murder, kidnapping, destruction of evidence, and criminal conspiracy.
- •Seeta went missing on March 26, 2021, from Bengaluru, with police initially registering a missing-person case before upgrading it to murder.
- •The investigation revealed a property dispute over 2 acres of land in Mantralayam as the alleged motive for the murder.
- •Seeta was allegedly taken in a white car, assaulted, and an attempt was made to poison her before her body was dumped in a canal in Ballari district.
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A city court in Bengaluru sentenced S Noor Ahmed and Raghavendra to life imprisonment for murder, criminal conspiracy, kidnapping, and destruction of evidence.
The investigation indicated a property dispute as the motive, stemming from the sale of two acres of land in Mantralayam that required the victim's signature on related documents.
According to the investigation report, the accused assaulted the victim inside a car and attempted to kill her by forcing her to consume cyanide-laced tablets at a hotel.
