**Khurda: ** With the arrest of main accused involved in the Khurda lady teacher’s ruthless murder committed on January 4 this year, the motive behind the murder mystery has also been unravelled by the district police. The accused has been identified as Kunu Jena and was arrested from his village Haridamada, Taraboi under Jatni police station limits on Friday (January 19) night.
Police have also seized one chopper, one bamboo stick with blood stains, dress with blood stains, cell phone sim No. 7894522773 of the deceased lady teacher and one Honda Shine Bike (OD02-A-5037) used by the murder-accused as conveyance before and after committing the crime.
Soon after committing the crime at about 4.25 pm on January 4, murder-accused Kunu Jena escaped to Surat in Gujarat evading police arrest. However, Balugaon SDPO and Special Squad under the guidance of Khurda SP could manage to arrest Kunu from his village on Friday night.
Addressing a press meet, Central Range IG Soumendra Priyadarshi informed that Kunu has confessed to his crime as well as the reason behind the murder.
Narrating the modus operandi, he said that 22-year-old Kunu had visited his father-in-law’s house at Sabarpalli, Badapokharia on January 3 afternoon. In the night after dinner, lady teacher Anjali Dehury suddenly noticed Kunu having illicit affairs with his unmarried sister-in-law on the verandah adjacent to her room. Anjali warned them to disclose the matter before the relatives including Kunu’s wife. Following Anjali’s warning, Kunu approached Anjali not to disclose the matter to anyone, but Anjali did not agree.
Apprehending danger of being blamed and exposed, Kunu committed the gruesome murder of Anjali the very next day (January 4) while she was returning from school after 4 pm.
Hiding mid way of Ugratara Nodal U.P. School of Haripur, assailant Kunu was waiting for the opportunity to bump off the lady teacher in a bid to hush up his illicit affairs. While Anjali was returning from school, Kunu took advantage of the lonely passage and brutally hit her head with a bamboo stick causing instant death.
Anjali Dehury of Kantabada village under Begunia police station limits was serving as a teacher at Ugratara Nodal U.P. School in Haripur under Nirakarpur police station limits. She was staying at Sabarpalli in a rented room of the house of murder-accused Kunu’s in-laws.