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Odisha: Indian teacher gets life sentence for deadly 'wedding bomb' murders

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Punjilal Meher , 56 , found guilty of murder, attempted murder, and use of explosives.

Court declined to classify it as a 'rarest of the rare' case deserving the death penalty.

The bomb, disguised as a wedding gift, was delivered to the home of Soumya Sekhar Sahu , a 26-year-old software engineer, and his great aunt, in February 2018 .

The BBC covered the incident in a detailed two -part investigative series.

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