The accused had hid the snake in a plastic jar in his dwelling. (Representative Image)
Though prime facie instructed that it is likely to be a case of snakebite, later a probe was launched based mostly on the criticism of Basanti’s father in opposition to Ganesh
A person was arrested on Thursday for allegedly killing his spouse and two-year-old daughter by releasing a cobra snake into their bed room in Odisha’s Ganjam.
The incident passed off on October 7 in the Adheibara village below Ganjam’s Kabisuryanagar police limits.
The accused — recognized as 25-year-old Ok Ganesh Patra — had marital variations together with his spouse Ok Basanti Patra. Police investigation has revealed that it is likely to be the rationale behind the incident, an Indian Express report stated.
Ganjam SP Jagmohan Meena stated that the couple had been married since 2020 and had a child woman later. “Due to their marital strife, Basanti had filed a complaint against her husband under The Dowry Prohibition Act,” Meena famous. However, the Ganjam SP stated that the couple had once more been residing collectively for the final three months earlier than the incident.
Even after residing collectively, the accused reportedly deliberate on killing his spouse. Probably the marital strife and the temptation to gather Rs 8 lakh of ex-gratia quantity — Rs 4 lakh every — for snakebite victims could have led him to hatch this plan, a ToI report stated.
Ganesh had procured a SIM card in his father’s title on September 26 and used that quantity to name a number of snake charmers in his locality. Ganesh was attempting to amass a toxic snake for his plan.
According to the Ganjam SP, Ganesh had claimed that he wanted the snake for worshipping at a Lord Shiva temple.
A snake charmer — recognized as Basanta Acharya — rescue a cobra from somebody’s home and gave it to the accused in a plastic jar on October 6.
Ganesh took the snake dwelling and hid it someplace. Investigations reveal that on the intervening evening of October 6 and seven, the accused slept in the entrance room of the home whereas his spouse and their two-year-old daughter have been sleeping in the center room.
At about 2 am, Ganesh shut the center room doorways and launched the cobra into their room with the intention of the snake biting his spouse.
Early on October 7, Ganesh raised a hue and cry in the locality which led to his neighbours — together with Basanti’s father — gathering on the spot. Following this, his spouse and daughter have been rushed to a close-by authorities hospital, the place they have been declared introduced lifeless.
Postmortem revealed that the reason for loss of life for each of them was snake chunk, a police officer stated.
While prima facie instructed it to be case of snake chunk, the police later launched an investigation into the matter based mostly on Basanti’s father’s criticism. He accused Ganesh of killing his daughter.
Being the one witness, the snake charmer was not implicated in the case, sources stated, including that he was additionally unaware of Ganesh’s homicide plan.
“We are examining if any action can be taken against him under forest laws,” a police officer was quoted as saying.
