The Mohana Police on Thursday arrested eight persons in connection with the murder of Tabatiya Mallick of Talsasing village in Gajapati district on January 18.
On Wednesday, the police had detained six people and were searching for more miscreants involved in the crime.
According to sources, some Talsasing villagers, suspecting Tabatiya as a sorcerer, had dragged him from his house to a hill top and killed him there, and thereafter they burnt his body.
The assailants were identified as Sama sundara Mallick, Manika Mallick, Muna Mallick, Semanchala Mallick, ladupati Mallick, Bijaya Mallick, Semanchala Mallick, ladupati Mallick, Bijaya Mallick, Kalakrushna Mallick and Sankara Malick.
They have been forwarded to a court in Mohan, sources said.
Meanwhile, expressing resentments over such incidents frequently occurring in Mohana area, locals have demanded that the Governmnet hold awareness programmes in the region so that such cases can be checked.