A man allegedly stabbed his paramour to death in village Sukarangi under the Kaliapani police station of Jajpur district on Tuesday night as he suspected her fidelity.
Police arrested the accused Rohit Das (40) of Patapur village on Wednesday on the charge of killing the victim Banita Moharana (26) of village Mahagiri under the Sukinda police limits.Banita was a divorcee, having three children. She was working as a daily wager in a local factory. Rohit had been suspecting the fidelity of his paramour for some months.In a sudden rage, he pulled out a huge knife and repeatedly stabbed the woman in his house in the village. The victim was rushed to the local hospital, where doctors declared her brought dead, said IIC of Kaliapani police station Sishir Kumar Mishra. After killing Banita, the accused managed to flee from the village. But the police managed to arrest him at village Mahagiri.
He was booked under Section 302 (murder) of IPC. He was produced in the court of Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC), Jajpur Road on Wednesday.The court rejected his bail application and remanded him to jail custody, added the police officer.