Bhubaneswar: A couple have been arrested for murdering a youth and dumping his body. The incident has occurred at Khannagar village under Sadar police limits of Balasore district.
The deceased identified as Sridhar Dalbehera and the accused persons Fakir Nayak and his wife Sumitra Nayak are residents of Nayagarh. They were working in the Basudha Scheme project in Khannagar.
Gradually, a love affair developed between Sridhar and Sumitra. The relationship went so far that both decided to stay with each other. When Fakir found out about their love affair, he went away to his village.
On November 5, Sumitra was severely beaten by Sridhar. The next day, when Sridhar was sleeping, Sumitra severed his head with an axe and informed her husband Fakir over the phone.
On hearing this, husband Fakir fled straight from Nayagarh to Balasore on a bike. Both the husband and wife threw Sridhar’s headless body in an open area and the husband took the severed head and threw it near a under construction bridge.
On November 12, when Sridhar’s headless body was found, Sadar Police registered a case and intiated a probe. After the investigation, police arrested Sumitra from Cuttack and her husband Fakir from Nayagarh.
