Mamita Murder Case: Hearing Starts At Kantabanji Court, Prime Accused Gobinda Sahu, Aide Radhe Produced

Gobinda Sahu, the prime accused in sensational Mamita Meher murder case, and his aide Radhe were produced at Kantabanji ADJ court in Bolangir district on Wednesday.

Public prosecutor Pramod Panigrahi said that the hearing of the murder case had started at the Kantabanji ADJ Court on Wednesday. “His trial would start following the framing of charges against them,” Panigrahi said.

Meanwhile, the accused have also changed their advocate. Durgaprasad Padhi is Gobinda Sahu’s new advocate.

The court has scheduled the next hearing into the matter on March 21.

Notably, Mamita Meher was a resident of Jharni village under Turekela block in Bolangir district. She worked as a teacher at Sunshine English Medium School at Mahaling. On October 8, she mysteriously went missing.

On the basis of her family members’ complaint, the police had detained Gobinda Sahu. He was kept at Titlagarh police barrack.

Taking all by surprise, he had escaped from the police custody on October 17.

Two days later, on October 19, the missing teacher’s body parts were found buried in an under-construction stadium at Mahaling.

Subsequently, the Bolangir police had announced a cash award of Rs 1,00,000 for the person who would share information about Gobinda’s whereabouts. Later on the day, he was arrested from a sugarcane field at Budhipadar village under Bangomunda block in Bolangir district.

Alleging Minister of State for Home Dibyashankar Mishra’s involvement in the case, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had then cornered the ruling BJD government demanding the scalp of the Minister.