Sanatan Choudhury to Death; Six Held by Berhampur Police
Odishabarta
Berhmapur,17/05/23:Police have arrested six persons in connection with the brutal and heinous murder of a bus hawker, Sanatan Choudhury, in Bada Bazaar police limits area of Berhampur on 6th of May, 2023.
The arrested accused are Prashant Sahu (20), son of Jagannath Sahu of Nimakhandi Pentha village under Digapahandi police station, Prakash Khatua @Manu (19) son of Rahas Khatua of Khandagiri,Bhubaneswar Shiva Naik,(25) son of late Krishna Naik of Venkataraypur in Gopalpur police station, Kalia Sahu alias Lassi (27) son of Subas Chandra Sahu of Prahlad Nagar under Bada Bazar police station, Rama Raul (19) son of Narsingha Raul of Lakshmi Narasingha Sahi and Rahul Panda (20) son of Ashok Kumar Panda of Brahman Sahi under Golanthara police station.
A sword, two motorcycles, seven mobile phones and one gold chain has been seized from them, the police said. Several criminal cases are pending against the accused persons at different police stations.
According to reports, a group of men dragged Sanatan Choudhury out of his house at Acharya Vihar located between Berhampur-Digapahandi and hacked to him death on the night of 6th May, 2023.
Based on the report Wife deceased in writing that,on06/05/23 at about 8.30 PM her husband Sanatana had been brutally assaulted by a sharp cutting weapon by some unknown culprit on road of Acharya Vihar.Due to assault Sanatana died on spotand the accused persons also looted the gold ornaments from her husband.
Keeping in view of the gravity under directive instruction of Berhampur SP,two teams were formed involing Rajib Locchan Panda,SDPO,(City), Prashant Bhupati,IIC,Bada Bazar PS, Inspector Bibekananda Swain and SI,Ranjit Das who detected the case after working tirelessly.
Berhmapur SP,Dr.Sharavana Vivek M informed at a press meet that during the investigation based on CCTV footage near the spot and along the escape route were studied by which the all the noted accused persons were identified by the expert teams.
During the course of investigationit was found that three persons Prashanta Sahu Prakash Khatua and Shiba Nayak were involved in the Killing. Accused Prasant was instigated by his elder brother Pradeep Sahu of Prahallad Nagar,Bada Bazar who is a notorious criminal now in Berhampur Circle Jail.In order to commit the murder Prasant Sahu along with his associates hatched the plan to Murder Sanatan Choudhury.
All the arrested accused persons have been forwarded to the court Wednesday,police added.
