Balasore: Additional sessions judge Biswajit Das Thursday convicted a mother and stepfather for murdering their 13-year-old minor girl and sentenced them to life imprisonment along with a fine of Rs 5,000. Special Public Prosecutor Pranab Kumar Panda said they will have to undergo an additional jail term of six months if they failed to pay the fine, the court ruled. The convicts are identified as Baby Biwi and her second husband SK Abdul Rahim, residents of Khwajabag, Rezaulla Lane under the Town police station limits of the Balasore district. Baby and Abdul were arrested after Sheikh Qutbuddin, the first husband of accused Baby, in an FIR June 25, 2022, lodged with Town police alleged that his daughter was murdered by her mother.
The deceased who was residing with her mother and stepfather died under suspicious circumstances June 22 last year. The mother of the deceased maintained that she was afflicted with black magic syndromes and succumbed to the evil spirit’s effects. She too performed her last rites. However, she revealed to her close aides that she with the help of her second husband strangled her to death to eliminate her from their life. Sheikh Qutbuddin, her first husband, lodged an FIR after he heard about the conspiracy. The duo confessed to their crime during police interrogation.