Kendrapara town police on Wednesday arrested two persons, including a woman Sarpanch, on the charges of their link with a murder case. They were identified as Anita Malla, the Sarpanch of Dhumat and Biswajit Mohapatra alias Pintu, a driver.
Kendrapara Town police station IIC Rashmi Ranjan Patnaik said Sarpanch Malla’s brother Rakesh Malla alias Happy had killed Mahesh Das (19) and injured Hrushikesh Parida (22) alias Raju by running his car over them on Sunday late night at the medical chowk in Kendrapada after an altercation erupted between the trio. Biswajit Mohapatra is the driver of Happy and was present on the spot.
The duo was produced before the SDJM court of Kendrapara on Wednesday but they were remanded into jail custody after their bail pleas were rejected by the court, said the IIC. Meanwhile, a haunt is on to nab prime accused Happy, who is on the run.