Patnagarh: Police claimed to have cracked the murder of six of a family with the arrest of seven persons here in Bolangir, Wednesday.
This was revealed here by Bolangir SP Madkar Sandeep Sampat at a press meet held at the Patnagarh police station, here Wednesday. The victims were identified as Bulu Jani, 50, his wife Jyoti Jani,45, children Sarita Jani, 12, Bhisma Jani, 5, Sanjiv Jani,2, Sriya Jani,3.
The accused were identified as Babulal Jani, 55, Chhaya Gond, 26, Baldev Gond, 27, Manish Gond, 24, Bhola Jani, 20, Shiva Jani,19, and Bikal Kairi alias Singha, 20. Two more accused Gangua Jani, 50, and his son Debaraj Jani, 18, are absconding.
Three vehicles, six mobile phones and weapons used in the murders were seized from the possession of the accused.
The incident took place at the house of Bulu Jani over a turf war involving four families at Sanrapada November 11. The murder incident was a fallout of a 10-year-old rivalry between Bulu’s family and the accused families, the SP added.
Reports said that Bulu Jani, originally a native of Jharkhand, came and had settled down at Sanrapada in the town for the last 12 years. He was earning his living by selling honey. Soon other members of his community followed him and got settled in the area.
Bulu had a hostile relationship with the accused as he tried to dominate them in all aspects which led to a turf war between the former and the accused family. Bulu used to beat them up to exert his influence on the accused families.
Nine persons were involved in murdering Bulu Jani and his family members at Sanrapada village under Patnagarh police limits on the day.
PNN