Pune Shaken: National Kabaddi Player's Killer Gets Life Imprisonment After 4 Years

• A 15-year-old national kabaddi player was brutally murdered in Pune on October 12, 2021, due to unrequited love.
• Accused Shubham alias Rishikesh Bajirao Bhagwat attacked the victim with a knife and sickle, inflicting 22 stab wounds.
• District and Sessions Judge S. R. Salunkhe sentenced Bhagwat to life imprisonment after four years.
• The prosecution sought the death penalty, citing the crime's cruelty, but the court deemed it not 'rarest of rare'.
• The verdict provides justice to the victim's family and sends a strong message against crimes of unrequited love.

Why It Matters: Pune court delivers justice, sentencing national player's killer to life imprisonment for unrequited love murder.