The Baleswar Sadar police on Tuesday arrested a 25-year-old youth in connection with loot and murder of a Jeweller committed near Kuruda on May 27. However, three other accused involved in the crime are still on the run, police said.
The arrested identified as Santosh Das, a resident of Mandarpur Remuna, was nabbed from Mitrapur.
Notably, Debendra Sahu (45), a jeweller and resident of Sribantapur, was robbed and killed at around 11.30 pm on May 27 on Kuruda-NH 5 Road by four miscreants while he was returning to his house on a bike with gold ornaments and cash after closing his shop in Kuruda market. The miscreants flee away with 250 gms of gold ornaments and cash over Rs 1 lakh.
Sahu succumbed to his injuries at the SCB Medical College Hospital 10 days after the incident. “Santosh purchased a Pulsar motorcycle at Rs 80,000 after committing the loot. The three others are still absconding,” Sadar PS IIC Chandan Ghodai said.