11 arrested for stabbing youth to death in forest in Odisha

ROURKELA: Sundargarh police on Thursday arrested 11 people for their alleged involvement in the murder of a 24-year-old youth whose body was found inside Bijadihi forest in Dharuadihi three weeks back.

The body of Chandan Dharua, a resident of Laikera in adjacent Jharsuguda district, was recovered from Bijadihi forest on January 20.

Sundargarh SP Pratyush Diwakar said it was a blind case as the identity of the deceased was not known when police recovered his body. During the investigation, police identified the youth and cracked the murder mystery by arresting the 11 accused.