By Our Correspondent
PURI/BHUBANESWAR: Puri SP K Vishal Singh has said total 6 persons, including 2 main accused have been arrested so far in connection with SJT Servitor Krushna Chandra Pratihari Murder case.
SP 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.
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.
On March 16 morning, Pratihari was shot at point-blank range by miscreants near Barabati area in Puri. The servitor was rushed to the hospital he was declared dead.
Krushna Chandra Pratihari, was among six persons acquitted in the murder of former BJD councillor and Srimandir servitor Taluchha Bhagaban Mohapatra aka Guna Singhari in August 2012.