Lesbian couple in UP get life imprisonment for hiring contract killers, murdering family

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The murder of two men has resulted in five people getting life-imprisonment sentences on Saturday in Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh. Those sentenced include a lesbian couple who had hired three men to murder the brother-in-law and the husband of one of the women.

A report in The Times of India mentions that the three men who were hired, were contract killers employed by the women after one of their relatives had a problem with their relationship.

The prosecution had reportedly pressed for maximum punishment, saying that the murders on August 19, 2007 had been pre-planned by the women.

The report mentions that Shanti Devi of Simaura village and fellow villager Kamla Devi were in a relationship and the matter had become a topic of discussion among the villagers when one of the duo had started dressing up in men's clothes.

Ram Naresh, the husband of Kamla Devi, and his elder brother Suresh would contantly complain that that the couple was shaming their family, which was seemingly what sent the women over the edge and they hatched a plan to kill Ram and Suresh.