Apr 15: Mahanga mass murder case, accused Siba Sahu has been taken to the crime spot to recreate the crime scene, on the second day of his remand period today. Amidst tight security, the crime scene was recreation was conducted in presence of Salipur SDPO Bimal Barik and Mahanga police station IIC Nihar Ranjan Mohanty.
The investigating team later seized the weapon used by the accused in the crime. On the first day of his remand yesterday, police could not interrogate Siba properly due to his illness and was later admitted to a hospital.
In the wee hours on April 12, the accused killed his elder brother Alekha, his wife and three children, including two minor boys with sharp weapon and later locked the house from outside. He later surrendered to the Balichandrapur police. Prior to this in a recorded video Siba also has openly accepted about the willful murder of his elder brother’s whole family to avenge the long-drawn family feud.
Police said they are waiting for the viscera report to find out if the accused had intoxicated the five family members before killing or not.
