Berhampur (Odisha), Feb 10 (PTI) A court in Odisha's Ganjam district on Monday sentenced a 34-year-old man to life imprisonment for killing her girlfriend and looting her gold and silver ornaments approximately valued at Rs 2 lakh last year.

The district and sessions judge Rupashree Choudhury also slapped a fine of Rs 10,000 on the convict, Mithun Bisoi, a resident of Sindurpur.

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On August 3 last year, Bisoi used a stone to kill his girlfriend, 26-year-old Sangeeta Pradhan who was deserted by her husband. He then fled with her gold and silver ornaments and dumped the body near Taptapani.

The police recovered the body after a few days and arrested Bisoi on August 8, based on the complaint of the father of the deceased.

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The gold and silver ornaments worth over Rs 2 lakh were recovered from Dharampur near his village, where the convict had buried them.

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