In a development in the Cuttack Christ College Plus Two student Tusharkant Sahu death case, his girlfriend and her elder sister on Tuesday moved the Orissa High Court seeking anticipatory bail.Earlier in the day, Tusharkant’s father had accused the two girls of being responsible for his son’s death. He also demanded the arrest of the duo saying that the truth would be revealed if custodial interrogation ins carried out of duo.The Commissionerate police had on Monday arrested two youths Dibyaranjan Behera and Kaushal Pradhan in this connection and forwarded them to court. Cuttack ACP (Zone 1) Amarendra Panda said the two were held on charges of abetting the suicide of Tusharkant.
The deceased went missing on August 3, following which his family members lodged a missing complaint. Later, his body was recovered from Jobra Barrage on August 5. Panda further said that after registering an unnatural death case at Jagatpur police station, an investigation was launched into the matter. During investigation, it was found that the deceased had developed an intimacy with one of his classmates. However, a rift developed between them later.The female student, her elder sister and two of their male friends had been mentally torturing Tusharkant for three months. Also, they threatened Tusharkant to implicate him in a false case, the police official said.
On August 3, the four accused again threatened Tusharkant near the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium here and beat him up. Tusarkant, who was already disturbed, became depressed further. Panda said activities of four persons prompted Tusharkant to take extreme step.