The Nayagarh police have cracked the murder case of a woman in the Sarankul area of the district with the arrest of four persons, including two contract killers, on Sunday.
The four accused, whose identification were yet to be revealed by police, were forwarded to court.The deceased’s husband identified as Akhi Mohapatra and his paramour were arrested and forwarded to court connection with case earlier.. The number of arrests in the case has gone up to six. The woman identified as Sasmita was found hanging at her house at Suar Sahi under the Sarankul police station in the district on January 29.
Akhi was allegedly having an extra marital affair with a woman of his locality due to which the relationship with his wife had soured, said Inspector-in-Charge (IIC) of Sarankul police station Bimal Mallick.
However, Akhi hatched a plan to eliminate Sasmita and hired two contract killers for Rs 2 lakh to kill her. On night of January 29, the two supari killers along with two of their associates reportedly entered Sasmita’s house while she was alone and strangulated her to death. Later, they hanged her body from the ceiling fan to make it appear like a suicide.. Although police initially suspected it to be a suicide case, pos-mortem reports revealed that the woman was first strangled and then hanged.
Based on t reports, police initiated an investigation and arrested Akhi, who was mastermind behind murder and his paramour few days back.
During interrogation, Akhi confessed to have hired contract killers to eliminate Sasmita. Police have also recovered Rs 20,000 from contract killers and a motorcycle used in the crime.