A Tirupur court in Tamil Nadu convicted 11 people on Tuesday for the murder of Dalit youth V Shankar.

Six of the convicts&nbsp;were given death sentences.

One was sentenced to life imprisonment.

The convicts who were given death sentences included Shankar&#39;s father-in-law.&nbsp;

Shankar, who was an engineer, and Kausalya had had an inter-caste marriage.&nbsp;

In March last year, Shankar was hacked to death by three men near a bus stand in Udumalpet, Tirupur.

Kausalya survived injuries to her head.&nbsp;

The brutal attack came to light after video footage of the attack went viral and a huge public outcry ensued.

The court said Tuesday that the killers had been hired by Shankar&#39;s father-in-law.&nbsp;

His mother-in-law was acquitted.&nbsp;

Shankar was hacked to death in last March. A Tirupur court said Tuesday that his killers had been hired by his father-in-law

A Tirupur court in Tamil Nadu convicted 11 people on Tuesday for the murder of Dalit youth V Shankar. Six of the convicts were given death sentences. One was sentenced to life imprisonment. The convicts who were given death sentences included Shankar's father-in-law. Shankar, who was an engineer, and Kausalya had had an inter-caste marriage. In March last year, Shankar was hacked to death by three men near a bus stand in Udumalpet, Tirupur. Kausalya survived injuries to her head. The brutal attack came to light after video footage of the attack went viral and a huge public outcry ensued. The court said Tuesday that the killers had been hired by Shankar's father-in-law. His mother-in-law was acquitted.

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Tamil Nadu honour killing: 6 sentenced to death including father-in-law