Berhampur: Police have successfully arrested the alleged killer of the slain BJD youth leader Lalit, who was run over by a car, from Brajarajnagar railway station, Friday.
The accused was identified as Ramakrushna Mishra (40) of Khambarigaon village under K Nuagaon police limits in Ganjam district.
“Ramakrushna was trying to escape out of the state in a train when the police arrested him at Brajarajnagar railway station in Jharsuguda district,” informed Ganjam SP Saravana Vivek M in a press conference organised at police headquarters.
After a preliminary investigation, police are suspecting that the verbal argument which broke out between Lalit and Ramakrushna was the reason behind the murder.
Police are investigating the matter in detail to get it resolved. They have taken a two-day transit remand of the accused after presenting him before Jharsuguda JMFC court.
The accused will be presented before the Digapahandi JMFC court, the SP added. The car which was used in the killing of Lalit was also seized from Berhampur railway station.
Notably, a heated brawl took place between Lalit, the youth BJD leader and Ramakrushna June 20 at Sankarkhali Square of Khambarigaon village. The spat between the two turned uglier as the two scuffled and showered blows on each other. The fight came to an end after some villagers intervened.
Later, when Lalit left for his village on his two-wheeler, Ramakrushna allegedly followed him in his car and hit Lalit’s bike between Khambarigaon high school and the local panchayat office. As a result, Lalit lost his balance and fell on the road after hitting a roadside coconut tree.
Notably, Ramakrushna rescued Lalit in a critical condition and rushed him to Digapahandi CHC, where the doctor declared him ‘brought dead’. Ramakrushna then absconded in his car leaving the body of Lalit at the hospital.
After the incident, K Nuagaon police registered a murder case (No211/23) after getting a complaint from the brother of the deceased Lalit.
Following the crime, Ramakrushna had switched off his mobile, making it difficult to trace him. Later, during the investigation, police recovered the car of Ramakrushna from Berhampur railway station, June 26. Then police started tracking the mobile of Ramakrushna. It was found that Ramakrushna had gone to Haridwar in Uttarakhand. He was returning in Haridwar-Puri Utkal Express when a special team of Berhampur police captured him at Brajarajnagar railway station Friday. He was then brought to Berhampur after arrest, said the SP.
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