The Kujanga police arrested Sanghamitra Behera and her lover Madhusudan Behera and forwarded the duo to court on Wednesday in connection with the Bipin Behera murder case.
Reports said that Bipin, the husband of Sanghamitra, was found dead with multiple body injuries at Pratappur village near IOCl project area on the outskirts of Paradip on November 25.
Police had started an investigation suspecting it to be murder case. The mobile call recorder of the deceased’s wife Sanghamitra who was residing at her parental house at Kuhudi village under Kendrapada district, six months back the incident was tracked and a vital clue was found that Sanghamitra had frequently called one Madhusudan Behera on the day when Bipin was murdered.
As a result, the police picked up Madhusudan and Sanghamitra for interrogations. Surprisingly, the police noted that Sanghamitra had a love affair with Madhusudan and she was unhappy marrying Bipin. So, both hatched a plan to eliminate Bipin for getting married.
During police inquest, Madhusudan confessed to his crime and admitted he had murdered Bipin when he was returning home from the IOCl site. The police had recovered a lethal weapon and a spade from the spot. Madhusudan admitted that he had used the weapons to kill Bipin.