Pitabas Panda murder case: Family breaks down during recreation; son Saurabh flees the scene in grief

Emotions ran high as the crime scene recreation in the high-profile Pitabas Panda murder case was conducted yesterday. The key shooters, Kurupati and Chintu, demonstrated step-by-step how Pitabas was gunned down on the night of Kumar Purnima.

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According to sources, both shooters showed the investigators how they had called out to Pitabas from behind and then opened fire, re-enacting the chilling sequence of events.

However, while the crime scene was being recreated, Pitabas Panda’s family members—including his wife, son Saurabh Panda, and brother Purnachandra Panda—watched from the rooftop of their home, overcome with grief. Witnessing the reconstruction of the brutal murder, the family broke down in tears, unable to contain their sorrow.

Saurabh, devastated by the re-enactment of his father’s killing, reportedly ran away crying from the spot. The emotional breakdown underscored the trauma the family continues to endure as the investigation moves forward.

The Berhampur police completed the entire recreation process under tight security as part of their ongoing probe into one of the city’s most sensational murder cases.

Worth mentioning, in a deeply emotional response to the breakthrough in the murder case of advocate Panda from Ganjam district, his family had expressed their shock on October 22 over the involvement of four persons they considered close.

Speaking to the media, Pitabas’s younger brother had said, “We are shocked. The four people now named as prime accused — Bikram Panda, Pintu Das, Madan Dalei, and Malay Bisoyi — were all very close to my brother.”

The family never imagined that such a betrayal could happen, especially from those whom Pitabas had introduced and trusted personally.

“It was Pitabas Panda who helped them connect and build relationships. My brother was instrumental in making them popular figures. If people you trust conspire behind your back and kill you, then who will you trust anymore?” the victim’s younger brother had added with visible anguish.

Even more disturbing was the fact that after the murder, these persons had come to offer condolences, pretending to grieve with the family, the bereaved kin had stated.