Archive · 29 May 2025
Ex-Lecturer Sentenced to Life for Parcel Bomb Murder in Odisha
A former lecturer was found guilty of sending a parcel bomb in a wedding gift that killed two people.
The court sentenced him to life in prison.
The man was jealous of a colleague and wanted her job.
The bomb exploded in 2018, but it took years for the case to be solved.
Investigators gathered evidence and played a video of the man making the bomb.
Punjilal Meher was sentenced to life imprisonment for a 2018 parcel bomb murder.
The bomb, hidden in a wedding gift, killed Soumya Sekhar and his grandmother Jemamani.
The motive was professional jealousy, as Meher wanted his colleague's job.
The case involved 62 pieces of evidence and a video of the bomb being made.
The court's judgment came after seven years of legal proceedings.
- Who
- Punjilal Meher, Soumya Sekhar, Jemamani, and investigating officers.
- What
- Sentencing of Punjilal Meher for the 2018 parcel bomb murder case.
- When
- 2018, with the sentencing in the present.
- Where
- Patnagarh, Odisha.
- Why
- Punjilal Meher sent the bomb due to professional jealousy.
Victims' Family
Accused
Appeal
Victims' Family
Wanted capital punishment; may contest a reduced sentence appeal.
Accused
May appeal the sentence
- Convicted
- Punjilal Meher
- Crime
- Parcel Bomb Murder
- Victims
- Soumya Sekhar and Jemamani
- Motive
- Professional Jealousy
- Sentence
- Life Imprisonment
- Location
- Patnagarh, Odisha
- Date of incident
- February 23, 2018
Sources
Life sentence for college teacher who plotted sensational murder in Odisha
Reema rebuilds life six years after tragedy
Court gives life term to ex-lecturer in 2018 parcel bomb case
Punjilal’s letter to Balangir SP led to his nailing: Bothra
