Three days after the murderous assault on close relatives of senior Congress leader and former MlA Tara Prasad Bahinipati here, the police are still clueless on the whereabouts of the culprits.
While the investigation is continuing to ascertain the cause, intention and the plan of attack, the police said efforts are on to trace the mastermind in the incident and his associates. The police have sought the mobile call details of the accused.
Meanwhile, a special team of the Jeypore police, left for the neighbouring States on Sunday following a tip-off about the assailants' presence there, said Jeypore SDPO Rajendra Kumar Senapati.
As per the complaint lodged by Bahinipati, who is the Congress candidate for the Jeypore Assembly seat, a group of six persons, including district Youth BJD president Kuni Adhikari, Bapi Parida and Ranjit Bagh, had made the murderous assault on his son, nephew and brother in a room of Hotel Madhumati late on the night of April 10, the day elections were held there.
Bahinipati has also alleged that the attack was carried out on the orders of sitting Jeypore BJD MlA and Minister Rabi Narayan Nanda and his son Bunty. The police have identified the accused from the CCTV footage in the hotel. The police have also sought CCTV footage from another hotel where the mastermind and the accused had allegedly prepared a blueprint of the attack. Meanwhile, the police have detained some relatives of the accused to find out their whereabouts.
“Besides, interrogation of the staff and the manager of Madhumati is still on,” the SDPO said, adding that the police have found some clues and raids are being conducted in the area on the basis of them.