Odisha court sentences man to life imprisonment after burning his wife and two children to death – ThePrint – PTIFeed

Baripada (Odisha), Nov 5 (PTI) A court in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district on Tuesday sentenced a 35-year-old man to life imprisonment for killing his wife and two children, aged two and four, by dousing them with petrol and setting them on fire. on them.

Additional Public Prosecutor Krushna Chandra Das said Mayurbhanj district Additional Sessions Judge Satyanarayana Patra also imposed a penalty of Rs 50,000 on Mangal Marndi and failure to pay this amount would lead to another six months’ imprisonment.

At midnight on May 13, 2022, while Surkuni Marndi, his son Jagdish (4) and daughter Sarita (2) were sleeping in their thatched-roof house, Mangal Marndi poured gasoline on them and set them on fire.

Police said the three were burned alive.

Police registered a case of murder and arrested the accused Mangal Marndi. PTI COR AAM AAM ACD

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