Krushna Chandra Pratihari Murder: 6 Arrested

Puri (Reporters Today Bureau): As investigation into the tragic murder case of Puri Srimandir servitor Krushna Chandra Pratihari continues, district SP today informed that total six persons, including two main accused have been arrested so far and search operation is underway to nab three others.
At a presser, SP Kanwar Vishal Singh said besides main conspirators Kalia Singhari and Dolagobinda Singhari, four others have been arrested in the connection with the incident. They are Kalu Panigrahi, Muna Patra, Sandeep Jena and Baba Mohapatra. All the accused will be produced before court today. The cops will appeal the court to take all the arrested accused on remand for interrogation and scene recreation.
Separate teams were formed to probe the incident and raids were conducted at different places in Puri Ganjam, Balasore and Bhadrak. The six were nabbed following the raids, he added. The SP further informed that Father-son duo Kalia and Dolagobinda Singhari had hired Kalu Panigrahi to plan and execute the entire crime while Muna Patra had supplied weapons. Prima facie, it is suspected that Krushna Chandra Pratihari was shot dead out of vendetta. In fact, the accused persons had earlier made an attempt to kill the senior servitor. Further raids are underway at various places to nab three other accused, the senior cop added.