The court of additional district judge, Seraikela, today sentenced 12 persons in the lynching of four persons at Sobhapur in Rajnagar to four years rigororous imprisonment on finding them guilty in the case.
The court also slapped a penalty of Rs 2,000 against each of those convicted. Those who were sentenced were identified as Krishna Sahu, Bhagirathy Jyotishi, Kunda Jyotishi, Falguni Jyotishi, Tarun Jyotishi, Arun Jyotishi, Krishna Jyotishi, Chaturbhuj Sahu, Kanhu Jyotishi, Bada Kanhu Jyotishi, Sitaram Sahu and Balbhadra Behra. Three accused, laxmikanth Behra, Agasti Sahu and Pankaj Sahu were acquitted. The four were lynched by the Sobhapur village in Seraikela-Kharsawan on suspicion of child lifter on May 18 last year. 4 cattle traders were lynched at different villages in Rajnagar block of Seraikela-Kharsawan, three youths (including two brothers Gautam and Vikas Verma) were lynched at Nagadih in Bagbera, an elderly grandmother of the two lynched brothers, Ramsakhi Devi was critically injured. later, Devi succumbed to her injuries at Tata Main Hospital.