LAGATAR24 NETWORK
Dumka, Nov 17: The court of the third additional district and session judge Laxman Prasad on Wednesday declared all the seven accused of the sensational murder of former district board member and local sociopolitical leader Bhagwat Rout taken place in May 2016, guilty of the crime.
The court is to announce the quantum of punishment for all the convicts on November 22.
Six out of the total seven accused were bailed out during the trial of the case but the main accused Pappu Yadav remained throughout in jail after his arrest.
The sub-capital town here had witnessed large-scale outrage against Bhagwat Rout’s murder who was having political affiliation with the BJP after switching over from the JMM along with his supporter cadres.
Rout was murdered when he was on his way home in the Mahuadangal locality of the town at around 10 PM allegedly by Pappu Rout, his relative, having fired two shots at him from point-blank range and escaped along with other accomplices.
The rest of the accused Shishupal Rout, Sambhu Rout, Narayan Hari, Kishore Yadav, Munna Dubey and Viplav Sharma were declared to have staged the murder of the former district board member together with the main accused Pappu Yadav for ensuring their dominance in the locality.
Defence lawyer K N Goswami said that all the accused persons were found guilty of committing a crime under sections 302, 34, 120(B) of the IPC and Arms Act.
