On 22 January 1999, a mob led by Dara Singh attacked the Station wagon inhabited by Graham Staines and his two sons, Philip (aged 10) and Timothy (aged 6) at Manoharpur village in Keonjhar district, Orissa. Chanting ""Jai Bajarang Bali"", the mob set fire to the station wagon and the Staines' were burned to death. Dara Singh does not appear to have used any legal remedy against being troubled by any of Staines activities that would have provoked him into killing the missionary and his minor sons. Other perpetrators in the killing of Graham Staines included Bhimasen Mahanta, Rajat Das, Mahendra Hembram and Chenchu Hansda (a minor). The Central Bureau of Investigation had chargesheeted a total of 18 persons in the case in June 1999. Of those formally sentenced to life imprisonment, only Hembram was acquitted In September 2003, the Khordha Sessions Court sentenced Dara Singh to death for his role in the murders.