Thirteen years after, a former army jawan, who threw acid on a girl after she turned down his proposal of marriage, was convicted for 14 years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) by a local court in Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur district on Monday.
Santosh Kumar Vedanta, was convicted for pouring acid on one Pramodini Roul in Tirtol area in Jagatsinghpur district on April 18, 2009. His friend, Biswajit Dalsinghray alias Anil, was driving the motorcycle and assisted the convict in purchase of acid and execution of acid attack, has also been sentenced 14 years of RI.
