A court in Tripura's Khowai district sentenced a 40-year-old man to death for murdering five people, including his two daughters, elder brother, a police inspector, and a passerby, in a killing spree last year.
Agartala, June 30 (PTI): A court in Tripura’s Khowai district sentenced a 22-year-old man to death for raping and killing a five-year-old girl in February last year. District and Sessions Judge Sankari Das on Wednesday sentenced Kali Kumar Tripura alias Abhijit of Nishan Chandra Para to death considering the gravity of the crime. The court recorded the statements of altogether 35 witnesses. The five-year-old girl had gone missing from her home at Nishan Chandra Para on February 22, 2021. Her father had lodged a complaint with the Teliamura police station. Based on the complaint, the police swung into action and detained Kali Kumar Tripura, a neighbour of the child. “In course of interrogation, Kali broke down and confessed that he had committed the crime”, said SP, Khowai, Bhanupada Chakraborty on Thursday. On the following day, police took the accused to a nearby jungle and recovered the body of the child. The SP said the “Investigating Officer (IO), Bideshwar