Patnagarh, May 28: The Patnagarh Additional District Judge (ADJ) Court convicted Punjilal Meher today in connection with the parcel bomb blast case of 2018, sentencing him to life imprisonment.
The court also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on Meher.
Meher was arrested by the Odisha Crime Branch on April 24, 2018, in relation to the tragic incident. On February 23, 2018, just four days after the wedding of Reema Rani and Soumya Sekhar, a parcel bomb disguised as a wedding gift exploded when it was being unwrapped killing Soumya Sekhar and his grandmother, Jemamani.
According to the police, Punjilal Meher masterminded the deadly plot due to an ongoing dispute with Soumya Sekhar’s mother, Sanjukta.
