Murder on Holi: Police arrest main accused, 3 others in Khordha

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KalingaTV News Network

Khordha: Taking prompt action in the Holi murder case in which a youth was brutally beaten to death by a mob in Khajuria village under Nirakarpur police limits in the district yesterday, police arrested the main accused today. Three others were also detained in the case.

The arrested accused has been identified as Bapu Patra of Khajuria village.

A team of Nirakarpur Police which is probing the case raided Bapu’s house in Khajuria in the morning and took him into custody. Later on, it went on detaining three associates of the accused from the neighbouring Badangara village.

As per Khordha SP Dipti Ranjan Ray, the accused Bapu and a group of his friends from Badangara village entered into a heated argument with the deceased Santosh Patra over some issue at around 3 PM yesterday. The dispute occurred soon after the Holi celebration in the village. In a fit of rage Bapu and his associates attacked Santosh with cudgels and left him unconscious on the spot. After Santosh’s mother, sister and another woman of the village tried to save him but were attacked by them too.

Santosh who was rushed to the Khordha DHH in critical condition along with the other injured was declared brought dead by the doctors.

Angry locals of Khajuria village staged a road blockade on Jagannath Sadak in Nirakarpur area and demanded action against the guilty in the incident. The blockade was removed after Khordha SP, Balugaon SDPO and Tangi Tehsildar had a talk with the villagers last night.

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