Bhubaneswar, Apr 13 (UNI) Additional District Sessions Judge of Gunupur Subhendu Kumar Pati on Friday awarded capital punishment to nine persons holding them guilty of killing three members of a family.
According to the prosecution, three members of a family of Kitunga village in Rayagada district were brutally killed and buried by the accused in 2016 who suspected them of practicing sorcery.
The convicts identified as Ajanta Sabara, Bubhuna Sabara, Maluku Sabara, Podantu Sabara, Iru Sabara, Lakia Sabara, Degun Sabara, Dasanta Sabara and Dalsa Sabara attacked the family members on September 9, 2016.