In connection with the kidnapping and murder of a Class-IX girl from Baleswar, three more accused persons were apprehended by police on Monday. They were identified as Sk Mamud (24), Sk Lupa (23) of Golaplo area under the Sahadevkhunta police station and Sk Mehboob (20) of Infocity, Bhubaneswar. The trio was apprehended by the Special Task Force (STF), Bhubaneswar following raids in the Infocity area and handed over to the Sahadevkhunta police as they were wanted by the latter.
Earlier, Sk Sahadat, younger brother of Sk Mamud, and their father Sk Majid had been arrested . According to Sahadevkhunta PS IIC Subhransu Sekhar Nayak, the trio was nabbed by the STF on Monday while carrying out raids at Sikharchandi after a tipoff that drug peddlers were residing in the area.
After their interrogation, the STF could know that Mamud and Lupa who were wanted in connection with the case wwere sheltered by Mehboob in the area in Bhubaneswar. After the STF informed their Baleswar counterparts, the accused were brought on remand.
Nayak said both Mamud and Lupa were history-sheeters being involved in several crimes including dacoity, robbery, snatching, burglary and drug peddling. While 11 cases are registered against Mamud in the Sahadevkhunta police station, under same police station five cases are registered against Lipun. Mamud, after kidnapping the 14-year-old girl of his locality, had taken her to different places. A month later while he returned to Baleswar on December 23, the girl was shot dead.
Nayak said police would try to find out the reason why the girl was killed by Mamud after kidnapping her and absconding for about a month.