Thanks to the use of CCTV camera which helped police identify and nab the accused who brutally assaulted two youths, leaving one dead and another severely injured, here on Saturday night.
The accused, identified as Seemanchal Behera, has been caught from Ganapatinagar area in city on Sunday, said DCP Satyabrata Bhoi.
The CCTV footage shows that a youth comes from behind and attacks the two youths with a wooden plank while they were walking along the road near the Sai Rachita Residency, a girls’ hostel, in Nayapalli area at around 9.11 pm on Saturday.
After the two fell down on the ground, the assailant batters them relentlessly and fled the spot.
The deceased has been identified as Basant Pradhan of Ganapati Nagar in the city and the grievously injured as lambodhara of the same area.
According to locals, they dialled the PCR for help but the latter reached the spot almost an hour late.
Had they reached on time and rushed them to a nearby hospital, the life of the youth could have been saved, a local said.
Police rushed them to the Capital Hospital where one of them was declared dead on arrival. The other youth has been shifted to the SCB Medical College Hospital in Cuttack in a critical condition.