Odisha: Dispute over food and drinks bill behind Bhubaneswar youth’s murder, 3 held

BHUBANESWAR: Bhubaneswar Police on Saturday arrested three persons for allegedly murdering Manish Anurag (30), son of senior journalist Navin Das, six days ago on October 10.
DCP Umashankar Dash said the three had forced Manish to pay the bill for the bachelor’s party, as he was going to get married next month, on October 9 night.
Since he had no money, he did so by asking his mother to transfer Rs 8,000 to his account. Their tussle, however, continued after that in which Manish fell unconscious. The three dumped him in a pond where his body was found on October 10.
Dash said among the three accused, Amrit Pritam Biswal (30) is a friend of Manish. The two others – Dinesh Mohapatra (31) alias Litu and Mrutyunjaya Mishra (38) alias Muna – are Amrit’s friends.
Police said on October 9 evening, Amrit called up Manish to treat him and his friends in a bachelor’s party.
They first went to Laxmisagar area and had food and drinks and again went to a bar at Bhagabanpur under Tamando police station.
At the bar, they had a tiff over the payment of food and drinks following which Manish fell unconscious.
To conceal evidence, they pushed Manish into a pond near Namrakani temple in Bhagabanpur village and fled.
When Manish did not return home, his family lodged a police complaint alleging that he was kidnapped for ransom.
Police said since Manish’s body had no injury marks, the exact nature of assault on him is still part of investigation.
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