The mystery behind the murder in Rohigaon under the Sadar police station over political rivalry and dispute over Kali Puja expenditure on March 17, has been unravelled by police. The local sarpanch’s son and four others have been arrested in the case.
One sword and two lathis have been seized from the accused possession. Sadar SDPO in a Press meet here Ashok Mohanty said two groups had a number of times clashed and attacked each other. The dispute arose mainly over the Kali Puja in the village.
On March 17 evening Ashok Jena and some of his suppoters had gone to Nua Sahi to meet one Umashankar. At that time he was asked about the KaliPuja expenditure. This led to an altercation and then both the groups fought a pitched battle. Ashok and one of his supporters Srinivas was critically injured in the incident.
later, Ashok succumbed to the injuries. The police after investigating into the incident arrested Rohigaon sarpanch’s son Basita Jena, Prabhakar Jena, Tilu Jena,Santosh Jena,Santosh Jena and Tuna Sethi were arrested. Sadar PS IIC Siba Shankar Mohapatra was present in the Press meet.