Man gets death sentence for killing two minor daughters

A local court in Gorakhpur has awarded death sentence to a man for killing his two minor daughters.

A local court in Gorakhpur has awarded death sentence to a man for killing his two minor daughters.

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The additional sessions judge Deepak Kumar Nigam pronounced the verdict yesterday to Santosh Barnawal who under the influence of alcohol had stabbed the two girls, aged 5 and 3, to death on June 29, 2009, police said.

After killing his daughters, Barnawal, who hails from Bihar's Gopalganj district, also tried to stab himself, they said.