Baripada: A court in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district on Friday convicted two men and sentenced them to life imprisonment for raping a woman during a robbery in 2018. Special Fast Track Court Judge Santosh Kumar Nayak also imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 each on the convicts.
Two other accused are yet to be arrested. Four people had robbed a house in a village under the Bainsiga police station area on September 8, 2018. They also raped a woman and threatened to kill her seven-year-old son. Special Public Prosecutor M Patnaik said the verdict was based on the statements of 10 witnesses and several documents.