The Additional District Judge here on Thursday awarded Prasana Digal of Gadipadar village under the Gochapada police limits in Kandhamal district life imprisonment (lI) and Rs10,000 fine on the charges of poisoning and killing of his spouse.
According to reports, Prasana had love affair with Parvati Digal of Gochapada area. After few months, they got married in 2011.Though they had love marriage, Prasana demanded dowry from his father-in-law. later altercation started with Prasana and his wife and it went to a complex level. Parvati left her husband’s home and lived with her parents.
On May 11 last year, Prasana went to his wife’s place and discussed about the matter with her.According to the plan, he called Parvati to nearby paddy field near the house and diluted poison in her tiffin box prepared for meal and left the place.After having the tiffin, Parvati fell ill and was rushed to Phulbani hospital and then shifted to the MKCG Medical College Hospital at Brahmapur. On the very next day, she died in the hospital. The postmortem report said that she was given poison in food.
Deceased’s father had lodged a complaint with local police station in this regard. The police after examining 13 witnesses including deceased’s younger sister had arrested Prasana and forwarded to the court in the case. After hearing the case, ADJ Rajendra Kumar Tosh awarded the punishment to the killer.