Irene Kuppan
Family rivalry and jealousy reached Cain and Abel proportions before overflowing in bloodshed.
One man is dead. His older brother faces life behind bars, while his sister-in-law will spend 18 years in jail and his nephew 15 years.
Three Ramkissons - Dewnath, 51, his wife Nirmala, 46, and son Beenesh, 28 - were found guilty this week of murdering Dewnath's younger brother, Jairam. Despite the lengthy jail terms handed down for his murder, Jairam Ramkisson's wife, Shashika, has vowed never to forgive the people who had her husband killed.
"They deserve the sentences they got. Justice has been done. I will never forgive them for what they did. They took my children's father and breadwinner away from them," she said.
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