Police have cracked a case of murder of a missing woman on the Haladiapadar-Ralab Road under the Sadar police station. The body of the woman, identified as Sanju Behera (40), was found from a field on the outskirts of the village on June 19.
Police have arrested the accused Tuna Dakua (37) of Kuakhata Bila Sahi under the Sadar police station, informed Brahmapur SP Pinak Mishra at a Press conference here on Thursday.
Mishra said Tuna used to work in a saloon. For more than four years he had a relationship with Sanju and used to frequently visit his home. But he had doubts that Sanju was having an illicit relationship with another man. As he was unmarried his doubts disturbed him and he hatched a plan to take revenge.
On June 17, he and Sanju went by a bicycle to Ralab Road and both consumed beer there. But due to some reasons both of them had a heated argument. In a fit of rage Tuna attacked Sanju with a broken beer bottle. She died on the spot. Then Tuna fled from the spot.
After a search Sanju’s dead body was found on June 19. later, police with the help of their Sadar counterparts managed to nab Tuna, who during interrogation confessed of killing Sanju. Following which police have seized the broken beer bottle, Tuna’s bicycle, blood soaked soil from the spot. A case in the connection has been lodged in the Golanthata PS, informed the SP. Among others ASP Santanu Dash, Sadar SDPO Ashok Mohanty, Golnthara IIC Alok Jena and Sadar PS IIC Siba Shankar Mahapatra were present.