Bhawanipatna: Room no-20 of the ladies hostel in Sunshine English Medium School at Mahaling area of Kalahandi district added to the mystery of lady teacher Mamita Meher murder after a team of Turekela police from Bolangir conducted a probe on its premises Saturday afternoon.
The probe came close on heels of prime accused Gobinda Sahu recreating the crime scene Friday. Police officials from Kegaon in Kalahandi and Turekela in Bolangir are probing the case and the key accused is now in Kegaon police custody.
A video of Sahu recreating the crime has gone viral on social media.
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According to a source, the investigating team found that all the rooms of the ladies hostel at Sunshine school have similar locks, except room no-20. Key to room no-20 could not be provided to the investigating team for scrutiny. During the probe, when Turekela police officials sought a clarification from the hostel warden, no satisfactory answer regarding the key and the lock could be given, the source informed.
It might have been changed by somebody after Mamita’s death, a local man alleged.
According to the source, prior to being arrested, prime accused Sahu visited the room between October 8 and October 13.
Sahu could have destroyed evidence, the local man said.
Meanwhile, the source informed that police have repeatedly quizzed inmates of the ladies hostel to extract information pertaining to the lock and key and Sahu’s visit to the room.
Gobinda Sahu was arrested by Bolangir police October 19. Police traced out the prime accused from a sugarcane field at Budhipadar village under Bangomunda block of Bolangir district where he was hiding.
A team of Bolangir police probing into the murder case Friday took accused Sahu to the crime site in the stadium at Mahaling where the crime scene was recreated.
It is pertinent to mention, taking cognisance of the murder of Mamita, the Odisha State Commission for Women (OSCW) has sought a detailed report from Bolangir SP Kusalkar Nitin Dagdu.
PNN
