Retired Army Doctor Who Chopped His Wife Into 300 Pieces Gets Life Term
Parida’s conviction was once according to circumstantial proof (Representational)
Bhubaneswar:
A courtroom gave existence imprisonment on Tuesday to a 78-year-old retired Army physician for murdering his spouse and slicing the frame into 300 items in Bhubaneswar in 2013.
Khurda District and Periods Court docket pass judgement on Loknath Mohapatra sentenced Somanath Parida after convicting him for the homicide, govt pleader RR Barhma stated.
Parida’s conviction was once according to circumstantial proof as there have been no eyewitnesses.
He had killed his 62-year-old spouse Ushashree Parida on June three, 2013.
He was once arrested by means of Nayapally police station on June 21.
The federal government pleader stated the incident of homicide got here to mild after virtually a fortnight following the sufferer’s daughter, who remains in a foreign country, raised suspicion as she failed to speak to her mom over the telephone.
Although she insisted to speak to her mom, her father didn’t give her the telephone.
The daughter later despatched a relative to the home in IRC village space to investigate.
The relative, in flip, knowledgeable the police after suspecting that the girl may have been murdered.
Later the police discovered the frame, chopped into 300 items, and saved in separate metal packing containers.
The police had additionally seized a chopper, a knife and two cutters from the spot.
“I’m blameless and didn’t kill my spouse,” he stated outdoor the courtroom whilst being taken to judicial custody.
