Bhubaneswar, Mar 22: Names of more high profiles are being dragged in the ongoing investigations of the sensational murder case of Lensman Manas Swain. Today Odisha Police has nabbed brother of prime accused Sarmistha Rout, who is still out of Police reach.
Police apprehended Parameswar Rout, from Vijayawada in the neighbouring Andhra Pradesh.
Pararemswar had allegedly planned for his sister’s escape following murder of Manas Swain.
Yesterday, Chandbali police(Bhadrak) had arrested two persons including former Information & Public Relation (I&PR) Director Niranjan Sethi for their alleged involvement in the murder case.
The investigation revealed that the retired OIS Officer had called Sarmistha for around 30 times a day.
Manas Swain, a resident of Godipokhari village in Ranpur area of Nayagarh, was working as a cameraman in a Bhubaneswar-based web portal ‘Sampoorna’ run by Sarmistha Rout. His body was exhumed from Badhipatna hills in Nayagarh district on March 12, weeks after he went missing from Chandbali area in Bhadrak district.
Initial probe indicated that Manas Swain was abducted, brutally assaulted and killed for possessing a microchip that is suspected to have contained some obscene video clips.
Sarmistha Rout, who is suspected to be the key conspirator behind murder of the cameraman, is absconding.
