Bhubaneswar: The Cuttack-Bhubaneswar Commissionerate Police on Sunday arrested two persons for their alleged involvement in the double murder case over a parking dispute at Kalayani Plaza near Hitech Apartment under Airfield police limits in Bhubaneswar.
Bhubaneswar DCP Prateek Singh on Sunday informed that one of the accused, Pradeep Mallik, was arrested from Puri, while another, Ganesh Mallik, from the Chandikhole area. The police have also seized a knife from their possession.
After arresting the duo, police have recreated a crime scene along with the accused persons involved in the incident.
It is worth mentioning here that the victims, identified as Rashmi Ranjan Sethi and his friend Julu Sethi, who ran a chicken counter, had an altercation with Ganesh over car parking. Ganesh was in charge of the maintenance of Kalyani Plaza.
The fight took an ugly turn on the night of August 7 when Rashmi slapped Ganesh. In a fit of rage, Ganesh and his associates chased Rashmi and attacked him with sharp weapons, killing him on the spot. The assailants also attacked Julu when he tried to resist them.
A profusely bleeding Julu was immediately rushed to Capital Hospital, but he succumbed while undergoing treatment at the Capital Hospital.
On being informed, Police reached the spot and conducted raids at various places to nab them. Police were conducting searches for the duo’s whereabouts in Bhubaneswar, Puri, Cuttack and Jajpur.
