Cuttack: Police arrested one more accused Thursday in connection with the alleged murder of local BJP leader Kulamani Baral and his associate Dibyasingh Baral of Mahanga block in Cuttack district.
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With this, the total number of arrested reached six. The arrested was identified as Chaitanya Sethi who was nabbed from Gurudijhatia area under Choudwar police limits in the district, a police official said.
The prime accused Panchanan Sethi including four others namely Arabinda Khatua alias Aru, his father Kailash Khatua, Khitish Acharya and Lalit Mohan Baral belonging to Jankothi and Nurtanga villages under Mahanga police limits were arrested earlier.
The arrested were booked under Sections 147, 148, 120-B, 302, 149 of the IPC and Section 27 of Arms Act.
Notably, the duo Kulamani and his associate Dibyasingh were brutally murdered January 2 night. The prime accused Panchanan confessed Wednesday afternoon to have murdered Kulamani and his associate to take revenge for a past enmity between him and the deceased.
PNN