Police finally busted murder mystery of Gunupur’s Social Activist Gouri Mishra
.Badal Tah,Odishabarta
Rayagada, July 1: Gauri Mishra, Director of ASHA voluntary organization from Gunupur was brutally murdered on May 13. The unidentified assailants shot him from close range and he collapsed on the spot. After learning about the matter, the police reached the spot and shifted Mishra to Gunupur sub-divisional hospital. The doctors who checked confirmed that he was already dead.
After around one & half months police has been successful in busting the murder mystery of Gouri. SP Vivekananda Sharma revealed the whole episode during a press meet on last Saturday, where seven culprits were presented before the media persons.
Deceased Gouri Prasad Mishra in Gunupur PS Case No.82/23 was a resident of Post Office road, Gunupur. Regicheti Gopi of Kampasahi Gunupur is close friend of the deceased. In the year 2009, on mutual understanding of both, Gopi had purchased a commercial Plot measuring an area of Ac.2.88.5 Decimal at the heart of Gunupur town from V. Polanaidu and V. Sanaysiya of Bolangir with negotiated price of Rs. 15 Lakhs. Deceased had obtained the Power of Attorney from the land owners and sold out Ac.2. 50 Decimal out of the total land to Gopi. In that process maliciously, deceased had converted 38.5 Decimal of land to his name although the entire cost of the land was borne by Gopi and his brother Jagannath. At the time of purchasing the said land deceased had financed Rs.5 Lakhs to Jaganath on different instalments. For that, deceased was putting pressure on Jaganath to record a portion of the said land in his name. On that there was inimical terms prevailing amongst the deceased and Jagannath and the later was in revengeful mood.
Regicheti Krishna, son of Jaganath colluding with his brother-in-law Govinda @ GK, friend Akash Kumar Badapu and uncle Daseri Venkat Rao hatched out the conspiracy for murder of the deceased. In order to execute the plan, they hired contract killer Raja @V. Rajesh of Gunupur Town offering the blood money to the tune of Rs.30 lakhs. Initially Krishna paid in advance of Rs.1 lakh to Raja on 3rd of May and subsequently paid another one lakh and 90 thousand in instalments. Again on 13th May evening, while the deceased was sitting over the foot path of river Bansdhara bridge, accused Raja alongwith two of his accomplices arrived in a blue colour Avenger motorcycle and Raja opened single round fire on the deceased from a country made small fire arm. The deceased succumbed to gunshot injury at the spot.
After commission of the crime, Raja demanded Krishna to clear off the pending sum of the blood money or else warned to disclose the matter publicly. In order to eliminate Raja forever, Krishna hatched out conspiracy colluding with accomplishes Govinda @ GK, Muna Pidika, Binod Bauri and Kattapali Arun Kumar. As per plan on 16th June, on the pretext of handing over the rest sum of blood money, Krishna and Govinda invited Raja to arrive at Visakhapatnam. Accordingly on 17th June evening, Raja arrived at Visakhapatnam and boarded in Hotel-99 near the beach. On 18th June evening, Krishna, Govinda with their friends Binoda, Chintu and Muna arrived at Visakhapatnam in Kia car. On 19th evening, they asked Raja to arrive at a liquor shop situated at the outskirt of Vizag Town. On arrival of Raja there, they took him to the nearby bushy jungle on the pretext of liquor party and strangulated him there by means of a plastic rope. After committing murder, the accused persons buried the dead body of Raja inside a ditch nearer to the spot under Anadapuram Police limits of Vishakhapatnam city.
Accused Krishna, on apprehension, confessed the guilt, led the police team, showed the place of disposal of the body. Both inquest and post mortem examination have already been conducted over the dead body of Raja. Owing to murder of the accused Raja another case vide Gunupur PS case No. 98, Dt.29.06.23, U/S-364/34 IPC turned to Sec-364/302/120-B/201/34 IPC has been instituted at Gunupur PS on the plain paper FIR of Inspector Nilambar Jani, IIC Gunupur PS. Accused persons Krishna, Govinda, Muna Pidika, Akash, Binoda, Chanti and Daseri Venkat Rao have been arrested and the Motor Cycle and the fire arm used in the crime have been seized. Investigation in both the cases are underway.
