{
  "id": 13051739,
  "title": "3 get death sentence in Chhattisgarh for rape, murder of policeman’s wife, minor daughter",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/3-get-death-sentence-in-chhattisgarh-for-rape-murder-of-policemans",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-09T06:36:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Indian Express",
    "slug": "the-indian-express",
    "url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/legal-news/death-sentence-chhattisgarh-rape-murder-policemans-wife-daughter-10913658/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Chhattisgarh's trial court has sentenced three individuals to death for the brutal rape and murder of a police officer's wife and her 12-year-old daughter. The Additional Sessions Judge Surajpur Anand Prakash Variyal described the crime as \"exceptionally brutal, barbaric and diabolical,\" noting the victims were a woman and an innocent child. Kuldeep Sahu, Phool Singh, and Chandrakanth Chaudhary committed the heinous act, with Kuldeep Sahu inflicting the cold-blooded double murder due to a desire to teach the police a lesson. The court deemed this a \"rarest of the rare\" case, categorising it as the most brutal and inhumane crime possible. The prosecution alleged that the convicts had planned the crime to commit gang rape and murder as revenge against the police.",
  "summary": null,
  "key_points": [
    "Three men sentenced to death in Chhattisgarh for brutal crime.",
    "Kuldeep Sahu, Phool Singh, and Chandrakanth Chaudhary convicted.",
    "Crime described as exceptionally brutal, barbaric, and diabolical."
  ],
  "editors_take": "The exceptionally brutal nature of the crime and the motive to target police through their family members led the court to classify it as a \"rarest of the rare\" case, warranting the harshest penalty.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}