In a significant breakthrough in the murder of the sweet stall owner in Bhubaneswar, the Commissionerate police special squad led by Sanjeev Satpathy on Monday managed to nab two contract killers, who had executed the crime.
The two accused identified as Sritik Biswal and Asutosh Mohanty were arrested from Tumudibandh in Kandhamal district. Police also seized a blood stained sword and two motorcycles from their possession. Police Commissioner Sudhanshu Sarangi said the two accused had taken the contract to kill sweet stall owner Prabhakar Sahu alias Jambu and the deal was settled for Rs 50,000. They had got Rs 10,000 in advance. Sarangi said that previous enmity and business rivalry had led to the murder of Prabhakar.“Sritik chased and hacked Sambhu to death, while Asutosh was riding the bike. Several cases have been pending against Sritik for his involvement in various crimes. Police have also seized weapon and bike used in the murder,” informed Sarangi. With this, total eight persons have so far been arrested in connection with the murder.
Earlier on October 9, police had arrested five persons a day after prime accused Raj Kumar Behera surrendered before the Bhubaneswar SDJM fearing being encountered by police. The five accused included parents and grandfather of the prime accused.On October 4, two bike-borne miscreants armed with a sharp weapon chased Prabhakar and later hacked him to death near Samantarapur Chhak in broad day light.