Former Odisha MLA Narayan Reddy sentenced to life in 25-year-old case
Narayan Reddy, who represented the Chatrapur assembly constituency from 2004-2009, said that he and others convicted would challenge the verdict in the higher courts.
N Narayan Reddy was also arrested in December 2011 for violence against land acquisition at Erasama by South Korean steel behemoth POSCO, which later pulled out of the project. (Photo: Facebook@jayanta.das.56808) A district court in Odisha on Monday sentenced former CPI MLA Nagireddi Narayan Reddy to life imprisonment in connection with the death of a police inspector during a clash in June 1998 over land acquisition for a steel plant by Tata Steel.
The additional district judge (ADJ)-3 court at Berhampur pronounced the verdict against Reddy and 12 others for their involvement in the death of Reserve Police Inspector, Binoba Meher.
Reddy, who represented the Chatrapur assembly constituency from 2004-2009, said that he and others convicted would challenge the verdict in the higher courts.
On June 18, 1998, during a meeting called by the administration at Sindhigaon village, a clash broke out between agitators and police. Meher was killed in the confrontation. Later, a case was registered under Section 302 of the IPC against Reddy and 22 others, of whom eight persons are already dead.
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