Jharkhand court gives death sentence to two Maoists for killing SP, five other cops

Balihar, a tribal with an impeccable carrier record, had joined the kingdom police in 1986 and turned into promoted to the IPS cadre in 2003. On July 2, 2013, Maoists ambushed a police convoy in Dumka's Kathikund location, killing Balihar and 5 different policemen—Chandan Kumar Thapa, Ashok Srivastava, Manoj Kumar Hembrom, Santosh Mndal and Rajiv Kumar Sharma. The SP's convoy was on its way back to Pakur after a evaluation meeting in Dumka whilst Maoists attacked them and opened fireplace indiscriminately on them. Several other law enforcement officials were injured inside the ambush too. 'The courtroom discovered that the grotesque killing of police employees, which includes the SP, while on responsibility came underneath the purview of the rarest of rare case and the convicts, consequently, failed to deserve some thing much less than the dying sentence,' said advocate Raja Khan, representing one of the convict Sukhlal Murmu. 'The court docket presented demise sentence to Murmu and Baksi beneath Section 302 (homicide) and Section 396 (dacoity with murder). It sentenced life imprisonment to them beneath Section 307 (try and homicide) and Section 27 (2) of the Arms Act,' Khan stated. Convict Pravir Da has been serving life imprisonment due to the fact that August 9, 2016, after he was determined guilty in any other murder case. Dailyhunt https://www.misterpoll.com/users/468206