Indian-origin cousins sentenced in US for murder conspiracy
Tuesday, 27/10/2015
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Washington: Two Indian-origin cousins,convicted for conspiring to commit murder of the wife of one of them in 2013, have been sentenced to 15 years each in prison by a US court, media reports said. Pratikkumar Patel and his cousin Kalpesh Patel of Gallatin city in Tennessee, received the sentence of 15 years each from Circuit Court Judge for trying to arrange the murder of Krupaben Patel, the wife of Prattikumar Patel, wgnsradio.com reported. They were arrested in September 2013. The Patels were found guilty in August this year of paying Chris Robinson of Rutherford County to have Pratik’s wife killed because they couldn’t get a divorce. Robinson instead cooperated with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, who set up a taped call with Prattikumar Patel and arrested both men. The Patels, who owned a handful of convenience stores and gas stations in Sumner and Rutherford counties, will be eligible for parole after serving 30 per cent. PTI
Indian-Canadian man charged with murdering mother
Toronto: A 20-year-old Indian-Canadian man has been charged with murdering his mother after an alleged domestic dispute, the media reported. Kunal Bhavan faces a second-degree murder charge following an alleged domestic dispute ended the life of Vaishali Patel, 41, the Toronto Sun reported on Sunday. Police rushed Patel to a hospital in critical condition on Saturday evening after they were called to the woman’s house in Mississauga city. She later died of her injuries. Police have not yet disclosed the nature of Patel’s injuries. “I was shocked (Sunday) morning when I read about the charges,” thestar.com quoted Parth Midha, a friend who attended high school with Bhavan, as saying. “He was a regular kid throughout high school -- we played sports together in middle school, he was a funny guy, and got along well with people.”
