In a significant development in software engineer Sweta Utkal Kumari suicide case, the Twin City Commissionerate Police today arrested her boyfriend Soumyajeet Mohapatra from his residence in Sambalpur.
Chandrasekharpur police arrested Soumyajit Mahapatra, the alleged boyfriend of deceased software engineer Sweta Utkal Kumari, in connection with the latter’s death.
A team from Chandrasekharpur police station in Bhubaneswar reached Bareipalli police station at around 4am and then along with a team of the said police station the team proceeded to Soumyajit’s house at Bansidhar Nagar in Sambalpur at around 4.30 am and arrested him.
As per sources, the arrest was made after the bail petition of Soumyajit was rejected by Supreme Court and High Court.
As per the latest report available, after the formalities at Bareipalli police station, the Commissionerate Police is learnt to be taking him to Bhubaneswar.
To recall, Sweta was found hanging inside her apartment in Sailashree Vihar area in Bhubaneswar on August 21, 2022. Police have reportedly seized a diary from the house, in which it has been mentioned that she was in a relationship with Soumyajeet, who hails from Sambalpur. The software engineer hailed from Bhadrak and was working as a Technology Analyst with Infosys here.
Moreover, Sweta’s call records revealed that she had called Soumyajit 15 times half an hour before her death. An audio of a conversation between the couple had gone viral in which Soumyajeet was heard verbally abusing Sweta.
The techie’s family, devastated by the sudden death of her daughter, blamed Soumyajit Mohapatra for it. Shweta’s father alleged that Soumyajit forced his daughter to commit suicide. He was abusing my daughter physically, mentally, and financially.
Her brother alleged that Soumyajeet was threatening her to make photos of their intimate moments viral, for which she took the extreme step.
