By IANS
Ranchi : A Jharkhand court Tuesday awarded death sentence to a man convicted for killing five members of a family in Bokaro district in 2002.
District Sessions Judge Prakash Rai gave death sentence to Mahendra Kumar Mandal alias Mantu Mandal, terming the case as the rarest of the rare.
Mandal was threatening the family of Rabindra Mishra, an employee of the Bokaro Steel Plant (BSL) to extort money from them. Mishra had also registered a complaint with police and sought protection.
In 2002, he went to Mishra’s home along with his associates and killed him, his wife Vanita, sons Brijendra and Abhishek and daughter Rinki.
Mandal, who was absconding for two years, surrendered in 2004. He was convicted Monday.
The court also ordered dismissal of three police officials, inspector Javed Mahmood and assistant sub-inspectors Neeraj Patak and M.R. Bhargav, for dereliction of duty.