JEMTEC

     A city court in Delhi on 21-02-20 awarded life imprisonment till death to a young  22-year-old               accused for raping and killing an 81-year-old widow at her South Delhi residence two years ago,             saying it was a “brutal and diabolic” act. Besides the jail term, the court also imposed a fine of Rs          18,000 on him considering his poor background.The police, in its charge sheet, had said that on July       7, 2014, the convict raped Rekha Duggal, who used to stay alone since her husband died in 2005,             and then strangled her with her ‘chunni’.   “In the instant case, the convict not only committed the vile act upon the victim, an old lady aged 81 years, but also strangled her to death. He was her full-time servant and was engaged to take care of her. He set the victim on fire after cutting pieces of mattress and using kerosene oil. This incident once again raised the issue of security of a person in his old age which no one can deny. Acc