Manas Swain murder: Accused Ranjan confesses to crime, CB finds new evidence
Published By : Prameya News Bureau | March 31, 2022 IST
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Bhubaneswar, Mar 31: The Crime Branch team has found new pieces of evidence during the third-day marathon interrogation of the cameraman Manas Swain murder case. During the interrogation, the accused Ranjan confessed that they had kidnapped Manas from Palaspur under Chandbali police limits in Bhadrak along with mastermind Sarmistha Rout, Jhuna Bhoi, Bhagyadhar Nayak in Sarmistha’s car and brought him to Dayal Ashram under Airfield Police Station in Bhubaneswar. They assaulted him brutally at the Ashram. Niranjan Sethi had also assaulted the deceased in the Ashram. After his death, they had shifted the dead body in the same car and disposed of the dead body under Ranpur police limits in Nayagarh. After disposal of the dead body, they proceeded to a place located on the side of Daitari –Paradeep express High way about two kilometers from Chandikhole where they burnt the belongings like One mobile earphone, One pair footwear of Manas, and a jute sack in which they had wrapped the dead body and saree following which they had thrown the weapons used for digging and burring the dead body in the nearby bush. Based on the statement of Ranjan, IO, official witnesses on requisition and scientific team proceeded to the place led by him this morning. From the spot One half-burnt mobile earphone, one pair of half-burnt footwear of Manas Swain, One Spade, One Gainti, One half-burnt jute sack, and one half-burnt saree have been seized. Notably, the Crime Branch will take the accused for crime scene recreation on Friday.
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