Maoist interlocutor Dandapani Mohanty, who is now lodged in the sub-jail here as an undertrial, got another relief on Thursday as a court acquitted him in the 17th case due to lack of evidence.
A total of 19 cases were filed against Mohanty and he was acquitted in 16 cases at different times due to lack of evidence. “District and Sessions Judge Gopal Chandra Patnaik has acquitted Mohanty in his 17th case due to lack of evidence,” said Mohanty’s lawyer Swarup Kumar Pal.The Adaba police had filed this case accusing Mohanty of involvement in the murder of two Gram Rakshis, Dinabandhu Mantri and Sadanand Swalsingh.