Bhubaneswar: The police on Thursday arrested two persons in connection with the murder of lady teacher Mamita Meher. The arrestees are principal and a lecturer of Mahaling Plus 2 College. Principal Ranjit Sahu and lecturer Kruti Chandan of the Mahaling College were arrested on charges of influencing key witnesses in the case, the police said.
The duo was produced in a local court which remanded them in judicial custody. Meher, a antive of Jharni village under Turekela block in Balangir district, was working as a teacher at the Sunshine English Medium School at Mahaling in Kalahandi district.
The 24-year-old teacher was killed following her abduction allegedly by the prime accused Govind Sahu in October last year. The accused was the managing committee president of the educational institution. Sahu has been arrested and is judicial custody.
The police had said that Meher threatened Sahu to expose his extra-marital affairs following which he nursed a grudge against her and strangled the teacher to death inside his car on October 8, 2021.
