From Our Correspondent
GUWAHATI: The fast track court here on Tuesday, convicted three accused in a college girl, Shweta Agarwal murder case that had hogged headlines for days in December 2017.
The court has convicted prime accused Govind Singhal, his mother Kamla Devi Singhal and his sister Bhawani Singhal.
The quantum of punishment in the case will be pronounced by the court on Wednesday.
The crime took place in December 2017. During the course, Govind Singhal confessed to have committed the murder and gave accounts to the police on the pre and post-murder circumstances and how he later tried to cover up the murder by putting the body into a gunny bag and then burning it inside the bathroom in his residence at Bharalumukh in the city.
Shweta, who was a brilliant student, was working in the same Chartered Accountants firm with Govind Singhal at Ulubari area in the city. She had gone to Govind’s residence straight from her college on the fateful day.
Shweta had topped the state in her Higher Secondary Commerce Stream examination and was studying in fifth semester B.Com, in K C Das Commerce College in the city when she was murdered.
