One more arrest was made on Wednesday in connection with the brutal murder of four persons, including two minor girls, in Astarang in Puri district last month.
The Crime Branch (CB), investigating the quadruple murder, arrested Fakir Mallick on the charge of assisting the prime accused Himadri Das alias Rahim Khan and his wife Ayesha in the brutal murder of his co-brother-in-law and retired District Inspector of schools Dinabandhu Mallick, his wife and two minor
daughters at Dinadiyan village under Astarang block on September 21.
Meanwhile, the Nimapada Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) Court on Wednesday allowed the investigating agency to take Himadri and his wife, the prime accused in the murder, on a six-day fresh remand for further interrogation. The court had earlier allowed the Crime Branch to take the couple on a four-day remand.
CB sleuths, while producing the couple in the court after the four-day remand ended on Wednesday, had pleaded to take them on a six-day remand which the court allowed.
Sources said the CB has got vital information in connection with murder case during the first-phase remand of the accused.