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A Singapore man has been sentenced to 12 months imprisonment after pleading guilty to causing hurt charges. He previously set a childhood friend ablaze in 2019 and fled the country for five years before attacking his girlfriend while on bail.
A Dehradun school teacher has died by suicide eight months into her marriage, prompting authorities to arrest her husband and sister-in-law on allegations of persistent harassment. Uttarakhand's women's commission has intervened in the case.
A suspended Singapore police officer's jail sentence has been increased to 11½ years following a High Court appeal over his role in the fatal abuse of a Myanmar domestic worker, marking the final conviction in a landmark case.