Odisha Woman, In Relationship With Landlord, Sets Him On Fire To Get His Property

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The woman, identified as Sudeshna Jena, a widow allegedly killed her 72-year-old landlord, Harihar Sahu to get his properties, the police said.

On Thursday early morning, the accused entered into the room of the deceased and poured kerosene and set him afire while he was sleeping. (Representative image)

In a shocking incident, a 57-year-old woman has been arrested for allegedly killing her landlord by setting him on fire in Odisha’s Ganjam district, a police officer said.

The woman, identified as Sudeshna Jena, a widow allegedly killed her 72-year-old landlord, Harihar Sahu, at Subash Nagar under Baidyanathpur police station limits to get his properties, the police said.

Jena and her landlord, a retired revenue inspector were staying alone on the first and ground floor of the house respectively in the area and were reportedly in a relationship for around five years.

While a daughter of the accused was staying in Hyderabad, another daughter was staying at Ambapua area of the city.

Last week on Thursday, Jena, who had free access to Sahu’s room, entered into the room of her landlord and poured kerosene and set him afire while he was sleeping. He was first rushed to a hospital in Berhampur, and then to a hospital in Cuttack, where he died.

Describing the woman committed the murder of the old man in a planned manner, SP (Berhampur) Saravana Vivek M told news agency PTI that to evade the evidence of the crime; the accused threw the mobile phone of the deceased inside the courtyard of the house and threw the plastic kerosene bottle in the fire.

She pretended to rescue the deceased with the help of neighbours alleging two unknown persons set fire to the deceased entering his room, he said.

In the morning of the same day, she had informed about the incident to the daughter of the deceased.

The matter of murder came to light when the deceased had reportedly disclosed to his daughter that someone had sprinkled kerosene on him and set him on fire during his treatment at Cuttack Hospital before his death.

His daughter Madhusmita Sahu lodged an FIR at Baidyanathpur police station on Thursday.

“In order to grab his property, the accused murdered the deceased in a well-planned manner by sprinkling kerosene on him and setting him on fire in the night," he further said.

(With inputs from PTI)

Shobhit Gupta

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