The Gosaninuagam police here arrested one of the main accused near the Khajuria bypass road late night on Wednesday for their involvement in the high-profile Shanti Mishra murder case. The murder was committed at 7.30 am on January 29 this year. The arrested accused Gopabandhu Behera alias Tukuna (34) was forwarded to court, said Gosaninuagam police station IIC Ajay Kumar Mishra to reporters on Thursday.
The police had received prior information about the presence of two more accused at the Khajuria bypass. However, the other person, Ichili Panigrahi, managed to escape during the raid. Two motorbikes were seized from Tukuna, who is the 10th main accused in the case.