Odisha: 19 sentenced to life imprisonment in 2016 Nabarangpur clash in which 3 persons died

NABARANGPUR: (May 24) Nineteen people were sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in Odisha's Nabarangpur district in a 2016 clash between two groups that left three persons dead.

Additional District Judge Sunita Patnaik pronounced the verdict on Saturday after examining witnesses, testimonies and documentary evidence.

The incident happened on July 16, 2016, at Baunshbeda village in Umerkot block following a dispute over the cultivation of government land.