Overview
- Berhampur police on Thursday arrested nine suspects in the Ganjam case and named 23-year-old niece Nibedita Patra as the alleged mastermind.
- Realtor Sudhir Kumar Patra, 47, was abducted on April 15 while returning from a volleyball game, and the kidnappers demanded Rs 2 crore from his family.
- Investigators say the assailants beat him with wooden planks in the Ramapada jungle and sent a video of the assault to his wife during ransom calls.
- His decomposed body was recovered near Ketamani Hills on Wednesday, identified by his clothing, and a spot autopsy was conducted at the scene.
- Police seized two cars, 14 mobile phones and a country-made pistol, and they are probing links to associates from Surat and Varanasi with more arrests possible.