Drugged her sons, drowned them one by one: 8-year-old’s testimony sends mother to gallows in UP; lover gets life term

In Uttar Pradesh's Auraiya, Priyanka received a death sentence for drowning her three young sons in the Sengur river, influenced by her lover, Ashish. The court deemed it a 'rarest of rare' crime. Ashish, the victim's nephew, was sentenced to life imprisonment. The conviction relied heavily on the testimony of Priyanka's surviving eight-year-old son, who witnessed the horrific act.