Bhubaneshwar Doctor Couple murder case: 5 persons sentenced to life imprisonment

Prateek Singh, the deputy commissioner of police, highlighted the success of the prosecution in proving the charges against the accused, leading to their conviction. "Tikina, who was the couple’s maid, hatched the plan and engaged the four men. The prosecution succeeded in substantiating the charges against the accused, leading to their conviction,” Deputy Commissioner of Police Prateek Singh," added. He also noted that within the last three months, Bhubaneswar has seen convictions in at least 28 cases. 

A similarly shocking incident took place in Bhubaneswar last year when a government doctor was allegedly kidnapped and later extorted of Rs 10 lakh by a couple who called him into their house for a check-up by pretending to be sick. In that case, also, police arrested four persons including a woman under sections 342 (Punishment for wrongful confinement), 365 (Kidnapping or abducting with intent secretly and wrongfully to confine a person), 385 (Putting person in fear of injury to commit extor­tion), 386 (Extortion by putting a person in fear of death or grievous hurt), 387, 389, 394 (Voluntarily causing hurt in committing robbery) and 120-B (Punishment of criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) based on the doctor's statement who filed a complaint immediately after being released by the accused.