Sundergarh: The local police have arrested the cook of Motiram Pal in connection with his murder which took place on November 6 in Barasuan Tala Bazar basti under Lahunipada police limits.
The accused Sushil Kumar Tripathy was working as a cook in Pal’s house. However, few days back, Pal, a logistics manager with Jindal Steel and Power Limited (JSPL), reassigned the former as a labourer, Bonai SDPO, Swaraj Kumar Debata said.
Since then, Tripathy nursed a grudge against Pal and plotted his murder. On November 6, he strangled Pal to death in the latter’s house. Tripathy then made efforts to destroy evidence – by disposing of his blood stained shirt and a bedsheet in a stream.
Tripathy admitted to the crime and has been booked under multiple Sections of the IPC including murder. He was forwarded to the local court which remanded the accused in judicial custody.
