Bhadrak: Gopinath Mohanty alias Babua, who killed a couple one after another and then raped their minor daughter, Wednesday told police that he wanted to kill his own father Kulamani Mohanty but his plan got foiled. During interrogations by the police, Babua said he raped the girl at gunpoint.
He, however, did not elaborate on why he wanted to kill his father. Babua was produced before the additional district judge and sent in remand after his bail plea was rejected Wednesday.
Meanwhile, the rape survivor has recorded her statement at the court of the judicial magistrate first class.
Dhamnagar IIC Bandana Patra said,”During interrogation, the accused said his father Kulamani Mohanty was his next target. As the girl luckily escaped from being killed, Babua was arrested and his plan to eliminate his father got scuttled.” The girl told media that after killing her mother, Babua threatened her with a gun, then gagged her and tied her hands and legs before raping her. However, she said she did not know if the gun Babua was carrying was a real one.
It was also learnt that a few months ago, Babua had detained a youth at gunpoint for a night near Daipur. Later, police rescued the youth from his clutches. Police were aware of the incident and the matter was mutually settled. The IIC said the gun he had used then was a toy gun. It was learnt that Babua had distanced himself from his farther and had been staying at Bhubaneswar over last 10 years. He had married against his parents’ wish. Though his real motive for the murder is still under wraps, police are probing into all three angles such as loot, revenge and illicit relationship.
Babua, who had earlier cited ‘revenge’ as his motive behind the crime, reportedly told police Tuesday that he had killed Rabindra Behuria and his wife for Rs 2 lakh.
“The family had received Rs 2 lakh after a settlement in some legal case a few days ago. Since the accused often visited the family, he knew about the cash at home and plotted to kill them,” said Superintendent of Police B Gangadhar. The SP ruled out past enmity behind the double murder. Earlier in the day, Babua had confessed to the crime stating that he killed the couple since they had been troubling his parents for years.
In the statements to the police, the accused admitted to have pushed Rabindra into a canal after getting him drunk. He later killed his wife by attacking her with a stone pestle in their house. He looted jewellery and cash from the house before fleeing Bhadrak. He was nabbed from Chandrasekharpur in Bhubaneswar Tuesday.
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