Dhenkanal: Police Saturday cracked the murder case of a nun in a mutt at Kankalanda village under Gondia police limits in this district as they arrested a man for the offence which occurred after a failed rape bid.
The victim Golap Sahu (60) was killed in her mutt premises April 27. The accused was identified as Biju Barik of Plashpithia village under Bhuban police limits in this district. Two mobile phones of the victim and a motorbike were seized from his possession.
This was stated here by Dhenkanal Superintendent of Police (SP) Santosh Kumar Nayak at a press meet organised at the district police headquarters Saturday.
The victim was first a member of the Prajapita Brahmakumaris organisation and later established a mutt at Kankalunda village about 14 years ago. She used to work as a soothsayer, palmist and traditional healer following which many people including the accused used to visit her mutt at regular intervals, the police said.
Barik, who works in tyre resoling shop at Mahishapat in Dhenkanal, was returning home in an inebriated condition on his bike April 17. He stopped his bike near the mutt’s gate and scaled its gate to enter inside after finding it closed.
He noticed the victim sleeping on the verandah and tried to outrage her modesty. The victim woke up and raised an alarm following which the accused picked up a spade lying nearby and hit her to death with it, the police said.
