The Commissionerate Police on Wednesday arrested one of the accused in the murder of a young liquor shop salesman in the Patrapada area on the outskirts of the city in late night on June 18. The accused was forwarded to court, police sources said.
The arrested youth, identified as G Bishnuprasad, is a student of a city-based engineering college. “He is a BTech student of the Centurion Institute of Technology near Jatni and his father is an Executive Engineer in Malkangiri,” said a senior police officer.
The police have got several clues from Bishnuprasad during interrogation. The police sources claimed that they have identified the other two accused and would nab them very soon.
According to Twin City Commissioner of Police Dr RP Sharma, the incident of firing had occurred due to sudden provocation between the accused and the salesman of the liquor shop.
Notably, one of the three assailants who had come by a car on June 18 night gunned down the salesman Rakesh Kumar Sahu (25) as he was not able to produce change for `1,000 given by them to get alcohol.