The Crime Branch, which is probing into the cameraman Manas Swain murder case, on Tuesday took prime accused Sarmistha Rout and three others on a five-day remand for further questioning.
The other sccused are former OIS officer Niranjan Sethi, Sarmistha’s associate Jhuna Bhoi and Ranjan Nayak. They were brought from Bhadrak to the Crime Branch headquarters here and questioned individually about their relationships with Manas.
During the remand period, the investigating agency would try to ascertain the exact motive behind the murder. Crime Branch officials said that if required, lie detector tests of the accused would be conducted to unravel the truth.
Police have so far arrested eight persons, Sarmistha, Jhuna Bhoi, Niranjan Sethi and his associate Ranjan Nayak, Bhagyadhar Nayak, Vivek Nayak, Krushna Chandra Nayak and Sarmistha’s brother Parameswar Rout in the case.