Khandagiri murder case: Police arrests daughter-in-law, extramarital affair suspected

Bhubaneswar: Police has arrested the daughter-in-law of the deceased woman in the Khandagiri murder case, an extramarital affair is suspected.

In a recent incident that took place on August 15, an elderly woman was found dead with her throat slit in Khandagiri. Her daughter-in-law was also found lying unconscious inside their house. The incident took place at a house in Bari area of Khandagiri in Bhubaneswar.

The daughter-in-law has been identified as Baisakhi Palai. She has been arrested by the Bharatpur police on Tuesday, said reliable reports.

The police has further cleaned the cesspool of the house of the deceased Mada Palai. She was a resident of Belaguntha area of Ganjam district in Odisha. Mada’s son saw his mother and wife in a pool of blood, informed the police about the incident.

Mada’s body was sent to the Capital hospital for postmortem while Baisakhi was rushed to the hospital for immediate treatment. On the other hand, the forensic team have recovered several items from the crime scene.

Further investigation into the matter is underway. The police is trying to find the answers to many unanswered questions such as whether the case was of robbery, murder or the outcome of a family dispute.