Woman gets life for murder of AMU staff, wife

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A young woman was convicted for life along with a fine of `70,000 for murder of a retired Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) employee and his wife in 2007 in Aligarh.

Additional district judge Saleem Ahmed Khan sentenced life term and `70,000 as fine to Gulthan alias Tarannum for murdering Hasan Aziz Farooqui and his wife Rajo by mixing poison in their coffee on November 18, 2007. Farooqui couple used to treat Tarannum as their daughter but she took out `6.60 lakh secretly from their bank account. When they noticed about the missing funds, the accused in a conspiracy killed them by mixing poison in their coffee on the fateful day.

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