The Commissionerate Police on Tuesday arrested two persons on the charge of killing a youth of the Unit-VIII area under the Nayapalli police station. The accused were nabbed only a few hours after the incident, police sources said.
The accused were identified as Siba Nayak (32) of Odagaon in Nayagarh district and Happi of Delta Square the city. Nayak is working as a taxi driver, police sources said.
Talking to reporters here, Twin City Commissioner of Police Dr RP Sharma said the accused murdered Manas, the deceased, in a pre-planned way near CBI office in Unit-VIII area on the wee hours of Tuesday. After his death, the accused threw the body in Rental Colony to destroy the evidence, he added.
Though the reason is yet to be known, Dr Sharma said, preliminary investigation said the reason behind the murder was previous enmity. Manas and the accused were indulged in quarrelling over a dispute for quite some time, he informed.
Meanwhile, the body of the deceased was sent for postmortem at the Capital Hospital here. The police have started a manhunt to nab the other accused involved in the murder case. Nayapalli police officials interrogated the accused to get information about the other accused and motive of the crime.