Briefing October 18-24, 2026
BEMINA A Srinagar court has convicted a man, his mother and his brother of murdering his wife, Tasleema, by smothering her at their Bemina home in June 2022. Additional Sessions Judge Farooq Ahmad Bhat acquitted the two sisters-in-law, giving them the benefit of doubt. The court relied on medical evidence establishing homicidal smothering and circumstantial []