Police on Sunday arrested a woman and her paramour on charges of killing the husband. Both the accused have been forwarded to court. The deceased Gatikrushna Purohit (38) was staying with his parents, wife and a child at Brahmanipada under Town police limit. According to sources, Gatikrushna was killed by one Biswa Ranajan Gupta (35) of Jamgaon in Raigarh on October 19, at the behest of his wife Situ Panda (26), a native of Jamgaon area of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh.
Acting on a tip-off, police recovered a bike (OR-16D-4347) from Bedabahal area in Sundargarh, besides Rs 17,000 cash, ATM card, PAN card and driving license of Gatikrushna from the spot.
After tracking Gatikrushna’s mobile, police detained Biswa suspecting his involvement in the kidnapping and murder of Gatikrushna. During interrogation, Biswa confessed that he had killed Gatikrushna on October 19 night. Sundargarh Sadar police station IIC Itishree Das said that as Gatikrushna knew about his wife’s affair with Biswa they decided to kill him. After killing Gatikrushna, Biswa took his body to Dhanubaunsa forest area in Chhattisgarh border the next day and buried there.