Berhampur, June 27 -- A local court in Khallikote today convicted five accused persons and sentenced them to life in jail in 2014 television journalist Tarun Acharya's murder case.

Khallikote Additional District Judge court awarded life imprisonment to Santosh Maharana (prime accused), Sibaram Nayak, Shyam Sundar Prusty, Suresh Chandra Sahu and Ramesh Reddy.

They were found guilty of killing stringer Tarun Acharya. The sentence was pronounced after total 45 witnesses were cross-examined in the case.

A total of six persons including journalist Sibaram Nayak were involved in the sensational murder of the television journalist. While five were arrested in this connection, one accused identified as Nrusingha Panda is still at large.

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