Woman along with 4 others arrested for killing brother

Police arrested a woman along with her husband and three others for allegedly killing her brother at Rama Krushna Nagara near here about one-and-a-half months ago and dumping the body near a canal.
The deceased, identified as Danda Hati (30) of Golapalli Street here, was allegedly murdered by his sister, brother-in-law and three other accomplices on July 24, a police official said today.
He was allegedly involved in several crimes earlier, the official said.
Police recovered the skeleton near the canal of Luchapada after the accused confessed to the crime and showed body dumping site. The accused -- Jayanti Choudhary, her husband Dhoba and Raki Das, Bhiki Das and Nirakara Hati of Golapalli street were arrested yesterday, said Inspector In-Charge of Berhampur Sadara police station A K Sethi.

The accused had beaten Hati to death by iron rod. After his death, the accused allegedly buried the body. 'We have also recovered the iron rod used to kill Hati," police said. Previous enmity was stated to be the cause of the murder, the IIC said.
Since July 24 Hati's wife Suchitra and other relatives were searching for him. His wife finally lodged an FIR before the police on September 12 after someone informed her about the murder and involvement of the couple in the crime, the police official said.
Based on the complaint, police interrogated them and they confessed to the murder. They also led police to the dumping site, Sethi said.

"We will send the skeleton to laboratory at Bhubaneswar for DNA test," added Sethi.