The Additional District Judge (ADJ) Court here on Thursday awarded life imprisonment to one Pradip Kumar Mallick (52) of Andalo village under the Patkura police station for hacking his wife to death. He was also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000.
The crime took place on May 18, 2016 at Baruna village while the victim woman was going to graze goats. Suspecting his wife was indulging in extramarital affairs, Mallick had killed her with a chopper, informed Additional Public Prosecutor of ADJ Court Sanjay Kumar Jena.
According to sources, the deceased, ManashiMallick (27), was mother of two children and a local ward member of Andalo village. She had love marriage with Mallick, a labourer of Andalo village, about 12 years back. BabitaMallick, a relative of the deceased, had lodged an FIR at Patkura police station in this regard. On May 19, 2016 accused Mallick had surrendered to police. Police later had seized the chopper from his house he used to commit the crime.