Police on Tuesday arrested five more persons in connection with the double murder case at Thelakopada here. With this, the total number of arrestees went up to seven.
On Monday, the prime accused Pandav Mukhi and one of his associates were nabbed for murdering one Sujit Nag of Thelakopada.
In another development the supporters of Sujit on Tuesday gheraoed the local police station demanding arrest of all the culprits involved in the youth’s murder.
A group led by Pandav chased and attacked Sujit near laxmi Talkies Chhak and injured him critically. Although he was rushed to hospital the doctors declared him brought dead.
Furious over the incident, Sujit’s supporters attacked Pandav’s brother Shankar and also torched his house. later, Shankar was taken to the hospital where he succumbed to the injuries.
As tension prevailed, district administration had deployed five platoons of police forces in the area to maintain law and order.
Even as the motive behind the attack is yet to be ascertained, past enmity is suspected to be the reason.