Mangalore, Oct. 26: A district court has sentenced a woman to life imprisonment for killing her mother-in-law who used to subject her to continuous mental and physical torture.

The convict has been identified as Noor Jahan of Kuppepadavu. It is learnt, Noor Jahan who was fed up with the constant torture of her mother-in-law Bibi had thrashed the woman with a wooden club on 31-1-2000 following which the seriously injured woman had died in the hospital.

The Bajpe police had then filed a charge sheet against the accused. Though she had earlier been released on bail, now she is once again behind bars following the life imprisonment verdict.

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