Keonjhar/Ghashipura: A local court here in Keonjhar district handed down life imprisonment to a youth after convicting him for the murder of his grandmother over money.
The convict was identified as Siddhant Naik alias Muna, son of Balakrushna Naik from Gohira village under Ghashipura police limits in Keonjhar district.
Additional District and Sessions Judge Prajyoti Rout also slapped a penalty of `10,000 on him, apart from the punishment. In default, the convict has to undergo an additional year of imprisonment, government advocate Aswini Kumar Mallick said.
The judge passed the order after examining the statements recorded by 17 witnesses and the police charge-sheet, the government advocate said.
According to the case diary, Siddhant demanded money from his grandmother Dukhi Naik, 55, to eat food outside October 17, 2020, morning. He was aggrieved after the woman refused to oblige. Enraged, he picked up a large stone and hit the woman on the head.
Bleeding profusely, the woman collapsed on the spot. The convict’s grandfather Kulamani Naik rescued his wife and rushed her in an ambulance to Anandapur sub-divisional hospital. However, she succumbed to her injuries during treatment.
Later, police registered a case after Kulamani lodged a complaint at Ghashipura police station. Police arrested Siddhanta on murder charge and produced him in the court.
PNN
