The main accused of Pranati Das burning case was arrested by the Ganjam police on Thursday. He was nabbed by a police team from Chhatrapur. The mastermind of the murder case, identified as Kameswar Nahak of Diandei village, was nabbed from the Chhatrapur railway station, said Ganjam SP Ashish Singh.
“After tracking Kameswar’s mobile number, we got to know that he was constantly moving in train or bus. Our team had kept a close vigil on his movement and we arrested him today,” said Singh. According to reports, Kameswar had made the blueprint of the murder of the woman control dealer who was staying near Pantha Nivas at Rambha in Ganjam district. He along with Sarpanch Manas Nahak of his village backed the plan and other three Bilasa Nahak, Kedar Nahak and Sudhir Nahak of the same village helped them to burn Pranati. Notably, the five assailants set Pranati on fire near her house on Monday evening. She died at a Visakhapatnam hospital early on Tuesday morning. Four people were arrested in the case on the very next day of the incident.