The Brahmapur Police late on Thursday night arrested five criminals in connection with the murder of a woman in the city and running illegal supply of firearms in Gopalpur and Brahmapur towns.
Briefing reporters here, Brahmapur SP Sarthak Sarangi said they had information regarding a man Chandramani and his illegal supply of firearms in Gopalpur and in the city area. “Our police team conducted a raid on the house of Chandramani in Komapalli area and nabbed him,” said Sarangi.
After getting clue from Chandramani, the team raided several places of the city including Ankuli and BN Pur and nabbed other four involved in the murder of a woman Sobharani(40) of ORT colony in Gate Bazaar area on August 21.
After arresting the culprits, the police seized four mousers, 21 ammunitions and other articles from their possession. The five were forwarded to the court on Friday, police sources said.
Notably, Sobharani, who was running a sewing machine centre in the city, was killed by some miscreants in the absence of her husband NGO activist Prafulla Patra on August 21 evening.
later, Patra had lodged a complaint with the police regarding the incident. After registering a murder case, the police had started investigating the case.