Ganjam Additional District Judge-III Raj Kumar Das has sentenced a doctor to life imprisonment for killing a private bank agent over an illicit affair in 2018.
The court also imposed a fine of Rs 10 lakh on convict Dr Hrushikesh Tripathy.
The judge also awarded two years’ imprisonment to two of Tripathy’s associates in connection with the murder of Bishnu Prasad Gouda (45) on September 4, 2018.
As per the case records, the incident took place when Tripathy was posted at a hospital in Chhatrapur of Ganjam.
Prior to the incident, Gouda was working in a private clinic of Tripathy at Goilundi in Brahmapur. He was allegedly in a relationship with a nurse of the clinic.
A dispute arose between Gouda and Tripathy, who also had feelings for the nurse. Subsequently, Gouda quit his job at Tripathy’s clinic and jointed as an agent in a private bank. However, Gouda was in touch with the nurse despite repeatedly warned by Tripathy.
Tripathy had killed Gouda in his clinic after making the latter unconscious by administering an injection and cut the body into several pieces. Tripathy then carried the severed body parts to his native village Badagumula and buried them. He also constructed a toilet on the burial place to destroy the evidence.
Basing upon a missing complaint lodged by Gouda’s family, police launched a probe and subsequently retrieved the bank agent’s body parts from Tripathy’s village.
Later, police arrested Tripathy and two of his aides in connection with the case and filed charge-sheet against them in the court