Bhadrak: The Bhadrak double murder and rape has new twist to the story. Now it is revealed that it was greed not revenge behind it.
The accused Gopinath Mohanty, who had earlier cited ‘revenge’ as the reason behind the chilling crime, reportedly told police Tuesday that he had killed Rabi Beuria and his wife for Rs 2 lakh.
The incident took place at Talasitha village under Dhamnagar police limits in Bhadrak Sunday.
“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 therefore plotted to kill them,” said Superintendent of Police, Bhadrak, B Gangadhar.
The SP ruled out past enmity behind the gruesome murder.
Earlier in the day, Gopinath had confessed to the crime stating that he killed the couple since they had been troubling his parents for years.
In the statement to police, the accused admitted to have pushed Rabi 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.
Gopinath was nabbed from Chandrasekharpur in Bhubaneswar.
Monday, the SP had informed that the daughter of the deceased person was raped by the accused. He had escaped from the spot after tying her hands and legs.
“The biological samples collected from the room and bedroom where the incident took place Sunday night, indicate that the daughter of the deceased woman was sexually assaulted. The samples have been sent to the forensic laboratory for a thorough examination,” he had said.