Keonjhar Court Sentences Three To 20-Year RI For Rape In Sundargarh

According to case records, the convicts Rajesh Lakra, Lala Gudia and Mehmia Lakhra had confessed to police that they had raped the woman while she was returning home from farm field.

One of the accused has also been awarded an additional sentence of three months for threatening the rape survivor.

The case was initially registered under Bisra police limits in Sundargarh district. Later, it was transferred to Keonjhar district and sessions court for trial due to advocates’ strike in 2019, sources said.