Recovery of boy’s body from Angul forest: Woman with 3 sons arrested
Angul: A woman along with her three sons including a minor were arrested today for their alleged involvement in the case pertaining to the recovery of the limbless decomposed body of 13-year-old boy Sanjeev Biswal from a forest in Angul district recently.
Informing about the development, Sudhansu Sekhar Mishra, the Superintendent of Police (SP) of Angul district, said that one Gitanjali Bag, a traditional healer and priestess of the Ma Mangala temple, and her three sons including a minor boy was arrested.
They were arrested based on the given circumstances of the case and statements of some locality. However, the exact truth or details of the crime is yet to be unearthed, the SP added.
He further said that the investigation team is waiting for the reports of the boy’s postmortem and scientific team’s probe.
It is noted here that Sanjeev’s mother Basanti took him to Mangala Kothi to seek blessings as he was suffering from some ailments. She also had vowed to spend the night at the Mangala Kothi, a special room to worship Goddess Mangala. But shockingly, Sanjeev went missing in the next morning.
The family members lodged a missing complaint at Kiakata Police Station on July 24 after they could not trace him despite a frantic search for him. His body was discovered in Bareni forest near the Tusar village under Kiakta police of the district four days after his disappearance. The body was found mutilated, with no hands and legs.
