Wednesday, September 19, 2012

4 arrested in Acharya Vihar murder case


-- Culprits kill land lady to loot her house: police

BHUBANESWAR: After six days of the murder of the elderly woman in Acharya Vihar in the city, the Commissionerate Police arrested four accused in connection with the murder case here on Wednesday. The motive of the culprits behind the murder was to loot the valuables in the house, Bhubaneswar DCP Nitinjeet said.

The accused were identified as Vijay Yadav alias Vijay Behera, Priya Ranjan Pati, Ranjit Jena and Butu Jena. The accused Butu is local beetle shop owner and Vijay is a BBA student, while Priya Ranjan and Ranjit are MBA students, the police said. Police have recovered one laptop, two mobiles, jewellery and cash from possession of the accused.

According to the police, the four accused had approached the owner Kunjabihari Panigrahi and the landlady Jyoshna Devi of the house for a room in the hostel run by the Panigrahy couple, but the couple denied for the room and they had an argument regarding payment of advance money. On September 13, the accused entered inside the house and attacked Panigrahy first and when his wife came to resist them, the accused killed Panigrahy’s wife by strangulating the woman to death with the help an internet cable, the police revealed.

When they found the woman dead, the accused fled from the house at around 10.30 pm on that night. They headed to Patia after killing the landlady. The police traced out the accused after getting their names from the register of the hostel. A hostel also gave a information about Priyaranjan who was working in a company which helped the police to trace out the culprit, police said.     

The critically injured Panigrahy is still in ventilator at a private hospital here. His sons are trying to make him cure by hiring noted doctors from Canada and Delhi.

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