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The mystery behind the death of Gobinda Sahu, the prime accused in the sensational lady teacher Mamita Meher murder case, furthered deepened in secrecy on Wednesday after an envelope was recovered from the deceased’s pocket ahead of the post-mortem of his body.

Addressing a press conference, Odisha BJP general secretary, Prithviraj Harichandan said, “Gobinda Sahu’s death seems to be a conspiracy which can be termed as the witness-wiping drive by the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD).”

The High Court accepted the SIT investigation and deemed a CBI inquiry as unnecessary.

Speaking to OTV, DIG Mishra said, “Prima facie, this seems to be a case of blatant negligence by the jail warder. The jail has an area of 2 acres and it is not easy to keep an eye on everyone all the time. But the warder should have watched Sahu’s movement in the jail.”

Out of the 16 bank accounts, 4 accounts have been verified so far, in which Rs 4 crore deposits have been traced.

Commissionerate Police on Tuesday busted a gang of seven members who looted passengers in Mo Bus. Police seized Rs 57,000 cash and nine cell phones from their possession. All the accused are reportedly from Cuttack.

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She further alleged that a proper plan was hatched to eliminate Gobinda Sahu to destroy all the evidence related to the Mamita Memher murder case.

It is pertinent to mention here that the incidents of pickpockets are on a rise in Bhubaneswar.

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Victims say that Rana always used to meet them outside for collection of money and never took them inside any Railway building.

Simultaneous raids were conducted at seven locations linked to Gaya Santara, Deputy Manager, IDCOL's Ampa Valli Lime Stone Mines.

The police have recovered 18 pieces of the victim's body from different places.

The deceased has been identified as Anirudha Nayak of Krushnaprasad village, who died on the spot after sustaining injuries caused by 10 rounds of firing.

As per reports, one person came out of the district fishery office and was going somewhere riding a bike. Suspecting something fishy, local people intercepted him and upon a search, they found he possessed the aquatic animals.