The Ulunda police on Thursday arrested one more police official in connection with the Makhun Bag murder case in Bargarh district.
With the arrest of Bheden Police Station Home Gurad Pramod Sahu, the number of arrested policemen in the murder case has gone up to three.
Sahu was held for his alleged complicity in the case.
On Wednesday, two policemen of the same police station, Sub-Inspector (SI) Soumyaranjan Patra and Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Pitambar Behera, had been arrested for their alleged connection in the death of Bag.
Meanwhile, Bargarh Superintendent of Police (SP) Ashish Kumar Singh placed four policemen of the Bheden police station under suspension for their alleged complicity in the case.
They are Soumyaranjan Patra, Pitambar Behera and Bheden police station Officer in-charge (OIC) Sushil Nayak and Constable Geeta Bhoi.
Notably, Bheden Police Station officials had called up Makhunu Bag (54) of Dekulaba village onJuly 17 for interrogation in connection with a case. But Makhunu Bag did not return to his house for several days. After two months, the Ulunda police in Subarnapur district seized a human skeleton from inside Metakani forest on September 24 while on the same day Makhunu’s son Biju lodged a complaint with the Ulunda police alleging that the Bheden police, after killing his father, had thrown his body in the forest.