Bhubaneswar: The Additional District Judge Court, Bhubaneswar, on Tuesday sentenced five persons to life imprisonment in connection with the 2023 Sushant Nayak murder case.
Judge Bandana Kar also slapped a fine of Rs 25,000 each on Vishal Nayak, Sujit Nayak, Ajit Nayak, Tikili Nayak and Subash Nayak. In case of a default, they will have to serve an additional year in prison.
Sushant was hacked to death in broad daylight at GED basti near Unit-III under Capital police limits while returning home after dropping his wife, a BMC worker, on May 24, 2023. He was working as a housekeeping staff in Central Horticultural Experiment Station (CHES) in Aiginia here.
This came almost a month after Sushant’s family members lodged a molestation complaint against Sujit’s nephew Vishal at Capital police station. Vishal had allegedly molested Sushant’s niece in April. Sujit, a native of Nayagarh district, had fled along with the other accused after murdering Sushant. All five were subsequently arrested by police following raids in Cuttack, Nayagarh and Khurda districts.