The accused in the case of murder of two persons at Kuskila village under the Jarapada PS of Angul district on Friday admitted that he has also murdered another two persons, who had been missing since six months.
Jhasaketan Rout, who was trying to escape to Kolkata, was nabbed by the Angul police, and after rigorous interrogation he confessed to the crime.
The police had recovered the dead bodies of brothers Jogesh and Hiranakhya Sahu from a well covered with stone and clay at Kuskila on Thursday.
At a Press meet on Friday, Angul SDPO RN Deo gave details about the crime. Jhasaketan killed the two persons for a dispute over money translation. He dug a hole in pretext of electric earthing and pushed the two persons in the hole and covered them alive with stone and clay.
Before six months, Jhasaketan had also killed another two persons in the same manner.
At a Press meet at Angul, State Mahila Congress president Sasmita Behera criticised the inaction of the police for the deteriorating law and order situation in Angul and demanded a CBI inquiry into the incidents.