Murder accused escapes from police custody in Koraput; family members of deceased gherao police station

An accused in a murder case allegedly escaped from police custody in Koraput district on Saturday evening. Following the incident, irate family members of the deceased subsequently gheraoed Koraput Town Police Station.

As per reports, Abhishek Majhi from REF Colony in Koraput was allegedly murdered on December 13, 2022. Though the family members of the deceased lodged a complaint about the incident at Koraput Town Police Station, police could not make much headway in the case.

Later, the family members of the deceased came to know that a person named Rahul Bagh from Hanaguda area near Koraput Railway Station was telling some people to have killed Majhi. Subsequently, they caught Rahul and handed him over to the police.

Koraput Town Police detained Rahul and questioned him in connection with the incident. However, the accused managed to escape from the police custody.

Following the development, the irate family members of the deceased and local people staged a demonstration and gheraoed the police station alleging lackadaisical attitude and negligence by the police. 

Tension ran high at the police station premises. Later, the situation came under control after police officials held discussions with the agitators.

“When police did nothing in the investigation, we caught the murderer of my brother with the help of the public and the accused also confessed to the crime. However, the police intervened and asked us not to take the law into our hands. We then handed over the accused to the police. However, he managed to escape from the police custody within half an hour. Police are not helping us as we are poor people,” said Nikita Majhi, sister of the deceased.

However, no comments from police could be obtained in this regard.