Former Gunupur MLA Ramamurthy Gomango has been handed a life imprisonment sentence on Tuesday by the Special Judge Court in Bhubaneswar, in connection with the murder of his pregnant wife in 1995. After nearly three decades of legal proceedings and police investigations, the verdict has finally been delivered. The court carefully examined the statements of 11 witnesses before pronouncing the judgment. Gomango was present in the courtroom as the judge delivered the verdict. The incident dates back to September 28, 1995, when the half-burnt body of Gomango's wife, Sashirekha, was discovered in the bathroom of their residence in the MLA colony in Bhubaneswar. Tragically, Sashirekha was pregnant at the time. Initially, the police treated the incident as an unnatural death and registered a case accordingly. Gomango was arrested in connection with the case but was subsequently released on bail after two months. However, due to mounting public pressure, the course of the investigation took a turn, leading the police to
