Bhubaneswar: In a shocking development in the death of a seven-month pregnant woman at Jhirdapali in Odisha’s Sundargarh district, police on Friday arrested her husband, Deben Behera, on charges of conspiracy and murder. Deben was apprehended after hours of interrogation regarding the murder of his wife, Simamayee Behera alias Soumya. Initially, Deben claimed that unidentified robbers had shot his wife …
The Orissa High Court on Wednesday commuted the death penalty imposed upon a man convicted by the trial Court for commission of murder of three members of a family, including two women, in order to wreak vengeance relating to a landed property dispute. While handing down life imprisonment to the condemned prisoner so also to the co-accused, the Division Bench …
Bhubaneshwar: A man in Odisha’s Balasore district killed his elderly parents over a property dispute, police said, adding that the accused, identified as Ramesh Behera of Garasanga village, has been absconding and a search operation has been launched to arrest him. Ramesh is accused of killing his 90-year-old father, Bulei Behera, and 75-year-old mother, Champa Behera, said police. After the …
