Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and other political leaders today hailed the court verdict in the case of gangrape and killing of a 15-year-old girl in Ahmednagar in which the three accused were awarded death sentence. A sessions court today awarded death sentence to Jitendra Babulal Shinde (25), Santosh Gorakh Bhawal (30) and Nitin Gopinath Bhailume (23) for brutally raping and killing a 15-year-old girl in Kopardi village in 2016. The incident had triggered protests across the state.

Devendra Fadnavis