Ten accused persons in the Tigiria police station area were sentenced life imprisonment by Athagarh Additional District Judge AR Nanda on Monday in connection with the killing of one Pradip Rout of the same village.
They are Kartik Rout, Dibakar Rout, Sarat Swain, Biswanath Mohapatra, Ballav Mohapatra, Kalandi Rout, Santosh Rout, Pabitra Rout, Rupa Mohapatra and Satrughna Rout of Sagadiasahi.
According to the case, on April 5, 2012 morning while Pradip was going to perform puja in the nearby Raghunath temple, the accused had intercepted him and assaulted him brutally with swords, bhujalis and sticks to score their previous grudge. Injured Pradip fell down on the spot. His relatives failed to come to his rescue for the fear of the assailants. Being informed, the Tigiria police on rescued Pradip, rushed him to the local hospital. As his condition deteriorated, he was referred to the Athagarh Sub-Divisional Hospital, where he was declared dead.
Basing upon an FIR lodged by Pradip’s elder sister-in-law Satyabhama, police started investigation and submitted chargesheet under Section 302 of IPC.