The police here arrested two persons on Tuesday allegedly for killing a 47-year-old woman insurance agent about three weeks back.
The police also recovered one iron rod and one chopper from the accused, which were used in the crime, apart from a mobile phone of the victim from the accused.
According to sources, the police had recovered body of one Sujata Mohapatra (47), unmarried and resident of Koelnagar on February 16.
There were injury marks on her head and deep cut mark on neck. Her scooty was parked on the spot whereas her mobile phone was missing.
The police on Tuesday arrested two accused in the case, identified as Sagar Mukhi (28) and Bhole Mukhi (19), both residents of Sector 6 Basti area, near the site where the body was recovered. "Both the accused confessed to the crime, following which, we recovered one chopper and one iron pipe, which were used to kill Sujata," said DSP , Zone 1, Rourkela Devi Prasad Das.
Money was the motive of murder in the case, he added.