Sinister sisters Horror wears many faces. But perhaps the most chilling of them all is the mask of ordinariness. When cruelty comes calling dressed in the robes of banality, its power to inflict pain and cause fear is enhanced. There is nothing striking about either Seema Mohan Gavit or her sister Renuka Shinde to set them apart. Here are two sisters who could have been just another face in the crowd, but their...

Justice had to be ensured for the slain Lal Bahadur Khowal is taken aback when asked if he ever considered asking for anything but death penalty for Sonia and Sanjiv. “Never. Memories of the  massacre still send shivers down my spine,” he says. Khowal was the counsel of Relu Ram's brother, Ram Singh. On the basis of circumstantial evidence, he proved the involvement of Sonia’s husband, Sanjiv, in the case....