7 persons get life term in 2023 murder case
Additional Sessions Judge and Special Judge Deepak Barnwal convicted seven accused — Sukhwant Singh, Rahul Kumar, Charan Das Mahato, Mantosh Ranjan, Ritesh Kumar, Abhay Kumar, and Lalu Mahto.
The court found them guilty of conspiring to commit murder and also imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 on each.
Notably, Sukhwant was serving in the police department at the time of the crime.
According to special public prosecutor T N Thakur, the incident took place on May 24, 2023, in Narayanpur village under the Pindrajora police station area. The accused were allegedly constructing a boundary wall on a land owned by Suresh Murmu. When he and his family tried to stop the construction, they were brutally attacked by the accused with sticks and rods.
Suresh and several of his family members, including Dhananjay Murmu, Baburam Manjhi, Dinesh Manjhi, Munni Devi, and Kunti Devi suffered serious injuries. Suresh later succumbed to his injuries during treatment.
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