Marshaghai Police on Monday arrested three persons for their involvement in murder of Babu Sethy, who was shot dead by motorbike borne miscreants on Saturday night near Banamali Chowk on Silipur-Marshaghai road under Marshaghai police station.
IIC Sukant Kumar Patra said, “The arrested were identified as Goutam Das (30) of Marshaghai village, Rajesh Muduli(23) of Bachharai viilage and Rabindranath Behera (57) of Marshaghai village.
According to police sources, Das and Muduli were arrested by police for their involvement in the conspiracy with their gang leader litu alias Debi Prasad Das and other associates to eliminate Sethy. Rabindranath Behera was arrested for harboring his son Kalia Behera, also an assailant, to escape arrest when police conducted raid at his house.
According to police sources, the reason behind the murder of Sethy was extortion. All the trio arrested persons on Monday evening were produced before the SDJM court of Kendrapara where they were remanded to jail custody after their bail pleas were rejected by court.