The Brahmapur Sadar police on Monday nabbed one Pradeep Sethi(34) in connection with the murder of one
B Rameya(38) of the city on November 18 last year.
The police arrested Sethi from his house at Jagabandhu Bandhahuda Sahi under the Bada Bazar police limits here. Police seized a country made pistol from his possession.
According to police sources, a band of five anti socials had allegedly killed B Rameya of Haradakhandi under the Bada Bazar police limits on the outskirts of the city last year. After the incident, wife of the deceased B Sita(32) had lodged a complaint with the local police.
On the basis of the complaint, the police had arrested four out of the five accused, Chinku, alias Gouraba Sethi, Kanha, alias Gopalkrushna Das, Biju, alias Rabi Gouda and Bangara. alias Kanhu, all belong to the city, on November 25 last year. The mastermind of the murder was absconding since then, said Bada Bazaar police station IIC Anil Kumar Mohanty here.