Bhadohi (UP), Dec 9 (PTI) A court here on Tuesday sentenced a 28-year-old man to life imprisonment for strangling two children and dumping their bodies at a deserted brick kiln, a lawyer said.

The court also fined the convict, Kirti alias Laxman, Rs 60,000, Assistant Government Counsel Pravesh Kumar Tiwari said.

Additional District and Sessions Judge Pushpa Singh awarded him separate life terms for the murder of Vishal and Sudama, aged four and six, along with a fine of Rs 30,000 in each case, he said. Both sentences will run concurrently.

Tiwari said the children's mother, 24-year-old Pinki Devi, died three days ago due to a cold as she lay in the night beneath an overbridge on National Highway-19 in the Gopiganj Police Station area.

Bhadohi Superintendent of Police Abhimanyu Manglik

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