Bhadrak: The Crime Branch team investigating the kidnapping and murder of cameraman Manas Swain visited the kidnapping site at Palaspur village under Chandbali police limits of the district on Friday.
Swain had allegedly been kidnapped from the village on February 6 by his former employer Sarmistha Rout, who is the Editor of Odia fortnightly ‘Sampurna’, and her associates.
The Crime Branch team led by DSP Kalpana Sahu had begun the probe into the case on Thursday. The team met senior police officials in Bhadrak and was briefed about progress in the probe.
The team is likely to proceed to Bhubaneswar today, and subsequently to Nayagarh. Another team of the Crime Branch has reportedly moved outside Odisha to nab Sarmistha, the prime accused in this case.
The second episode of this spine-chilling crime unfolded in Bhubaneswar where Swain was murdered in an old-age home in Sunderpada. His body was disposed of (buried) in Ranapur in Nayagarh district the following day.
So far, six persons including former OIS officer Niranjan Sethi and Sarmistha’s brother Parameswar have been arrested, while the prime accused and her associate Jhuna remain at large.
