Businessman murder in Odisha capital: Police takes accused on 2-day remand

Reported by Santosh Jagdev
Bhubaneswar, Nov 15:

The Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) court in the Odisha capital today allowed the Commissionerate Police to take all the three accused in Pramod Routray murder case on a two-day remand for further investigation.

After the court order, the investigating police team took all the accused to the crime spot for further interrogation for leads to the murder.

Further investigation has been initiated by the police team following allegations by the brother, mother and sister of the deceased quesioning the police version of the motive for the murder.

During the recording of their statement during interrogation, the family members of the deceased came up with several points, the most important being their claim that people other than the three arrested were involved in the crime.

Reacting to deceased’s family members’ allegation, the twin City Commissioner of Police Dr RP Sharma had told the media that the case would be probed from all angles taking the claims of the family members into consideration.

The police team has started its investigation at the spot where the murder occured and will go through all angles inlcuding the relationship between the husband and his wife since the time of their marriage in 2003 to his murder.