Brahmapur: A court in Odisha’s Ganjam district Wednesday sentenced two persons, including a 27-year-old woman, to life imprisonment for the murder of a mother and her seven-year-old son in 2024, a government counsel said. Additional District Judge Sangeeta Pani sentenced G Devendra and D Gunnama of Chudialanjia village for the murder of D Neelabeni, 28, and her son, D Rushi, within Jarada police station limits February 19, 2024, Additional Public Prosecutor Santoshini Purohit said. Police had recovered the bodies of the mother and son from their house February 19, 2024, and sent them for post-mortem. According to the prosecution, the covincts murdered the woman and her son after Neelabeni came to know about the alleged illicit relationship between the two convicts. Police said Neelabeni had threatened to inform her husband about the relationship, following which Devendra allegedly conspired to kill her with Gunnama’s support.