Death sentence for beheading girl on college campus

, May 2: A youth was today sentenced to death by a local court for beheading a girl student in a college campus in Ranchi on Apr 28 last year.

The District and Sessions Court of SH Kazmi pronounced the capital punishment against Vijendra Kumar for severing the head off of intermediate student Khushboo outside an examination hall. [Read: Boy beheads girl outside principal's chamber in Ranchi]

The court had on Apr 26 convicted Kumar for the crime. Kumar, who hails from Jamshedpur, had beheaded Khushboo with a sharp weapon as soon as she came out of the examination hall.

He was overpowered by other students and handed over to the Jharkhand police.

PTI