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Indian-Origin Man Sent To Jail For Killing Woman In New Zealand: Report

Man has been ordered to spend the next 19 and a half years in prison. (Representational)Melbourne: A 33-year-old Indian-origin homeless man has been sentenced to nearly 20 years imprisonment in New Zealand for sexually violating and fatally strangling a woman with Down's syndrome in September 2021, a media report said.Shamal Sharma violently preyed on 27-year-old Lena Zhang Harrap, a woman with Down syndrome when she was out on her daily walk in Auckland on September 22, 2021, The NZ Herald newspaper reported on Thursday.Harrap's body was found partially concealed along a bush-lined walkway about a kilometre from her Mt Albert home after a large-scale, hours-long search involving police and members of the public, the report said.Sharma, who has been ordered to spend the next 19 and a ha...
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Man Kills Woman Before Attempting To Kill Self After She Rejects Proposal

The police said the accused used a sharp weapon and slit the victim's throat. (Representational)Bhubaneswar: A man allegedly killed a woman by slitting her throat before attempting to end his own life in the same way after she rejected his proposal in Odisha's Rayagada district on Saturday, police said.The incident took place at Osapada village within Tikiri police station limits of Kashipur block in the district.The victim was identified as Rima Majhi, a daily wage labourer from Samnatikona village.Accused Rasika Pradhan, who belongs to nearby Mundagaon village, was taken to a hospital where his condition was stated to be critical.Police said Pradhan wanted to marry Majhi but both she and her family members rejected his proposal, angering him.On Saturday, when Majhi came to work at a c...