A Delhi court today awarded life imprisonment to exTV serial producer Suhaib Ilyasi for killing his wife Anju 17 years ago.

Additional Sessions Judge S.K.Malhotra also imposed a fine of Rs.2 lakh on Ilyasi, who was convicted on 16-th December for stabbing to death his wife.

The court also directed that Rs.10 lakh would be paid as compensation to the parents of Anju.

Earlier, Ilyasi was only charged with milder sections including 304 B (dowry death) of the IPC.

However, Anju's mother Rukma Singh and sister Rashmi Singh moved the Delhi High Court which in August 2014 ruled that Ilyasi would be tried under Section 302 for the offence of murder.

Source : AIR