Bhubaneswar: The Orissa High Court has rejected the anticipatory bail plea of Sarmistha Rout, the prime accused in the murder of cameraman Manas Swain.
So far, five persons have been nabbed in this case while Rout, the Editor of Odia fortnightly ‘Sampurna’, and her associate Jhuna Bhoi are on the run.
Former Director of I&PR Department Niranjan Sethi, and Ranjan Nayak, proprietor of Raj Communication of Khandagiri, both co-accused in the case, had been sent to 14-day judicial custody yesterday after their bail pleas were rejected by the JMFC Court at Chandbali.
The other three arrested in this case are Bibek Nayak and Bhagyadhar Nayak of Khandagiri, and Krushna Chandra Nayak.
