A Kanpur man in his late thirties has been awarded a life term for brutally murdering a senior citizen who had reportedly refused to give him her car to ferry his ailing wife to the hospital and insulted him, saying, “Tera aukat nahi hai gaadi mein baithne ka”.

The killer, Sanjay Rameshchandra Verma, who is in his later thirties, stabbed Rita Roni Rodrigues, 60, in the neck, stomach and chest at her Mira Road flat in November 2018. To mislead the investigation, he also took jewellery and cash to portray the crime as a robbery.