Police arrested and court-forwarded two of the three accused involved in the brutal murder of Chiku alias Niranjan Deep (30) of Muribahal under the Tureikela police station on May 10, informed Balangir SP Ashish Singh at a Press conference here on Wednesday.
The arrested were identified as Hemanta Mahaptra and Rajkumar Sahu of Badabanki village.
The third accused, Tikman Behera of Muribahal, was still to be traced, saidthe SP.
Singh said Chiku was staying at Bhilai and visiting the village at intervals. He was creating nuisance each time he was visiting the village.
After he committed a nuisance in the village on May 10, the three accused searched for him secretly and, finding him at a distant pond in the evening, beat up him severely.
They left him senseless there. After a few hours, they returned to him and set him on fire by pouring diesel and collector they collected from a JCB machine.
We are trying to nab the third accused now, said the SP.