BJP Leader Murder Case: 4 Accused Nabbed

Cuttack (Reporters Today Bureau): Four accused have been arrested in connection with the murder of Saffron Party leader Kulamani Baral and his associate Dibya Singh Baral. The four were being interrogated by police at an undisclosed location, reports said.

The Cuttack Rural police had formed five teams to apprehend the accused. The teams last night carried out raids at various places in Mahanga area and arrested the four accused. Efforts were on by the police to nab other accused, reports added.

Ramakant Baral, son of Kulamani, had filed an FIR with the Mahanga police accusing minister Pratap Jena and 13 others in the killing. The complainant alleged that his father had told him that the Law Minister threatened to kill both of them. “The Minister is completely responsible for the murder of my father. The miscreants killed him on the legislator’s direction as he raised his voice against various corruptions, including housing scam,” he said.

Kulamani and Dibya Singh were critically injured after allegedly being attacked by some miscreants near Jankoti in Cuttack district on January 2 when the duo was returning home on a bike.