The Commissionerate police on Sunday arrested the accused involved in the murder of a person on the outskirts of the city on Friday evening.
The arrestee was identified as Mamun Routray, elder brother of deceased Pritam Routray. He was apprehended from the Phulnakhara area, police sources said.
The accused had allegedly hacked his younger brother in Balianta.
Both Pritam and Mamun were jobless and financially dependent on their father’s pension. They were residing in Panchamukhi Apartment at Atalagada under the Balianta police station.
On the fateful day, Mamun attacked his younger brother with a sword on the road in broad daylight after chasing the latter.
In CCTV footage, the accused was seen walking with the murder weapon on the road after dumping Pritam’s body in an under-construction septic tank near Surekha Apartment.
