The Orissa police on Saturday arrested one Diptiranjan Patnaik, the accused involved in the murder of Bachhansudha Patnaik, wife of a leading businessman. Diptiranjan, who worked as the security guard at the house of the victim, killed the woman on Wednesday when her husband Manu Patnaik was away at his auto-showroom at Hanspal on the outskirts of the city.
“Dipti has confessed to the crime. We are investigating into the links of other persons in the incident,” said DCP Niteenjit Singh. On Saturday, the police took the accused to the Patnaik family’s house at Rasulgarh Square to recreate the scene. Diptiranjan narrated the entire incident to the police. According to the police, the accused was in love with a girl whom he wanted to marry. He wanted to gift her some jewellery to cement their relationship. Seeing that Bachansudha was wearing a diamond-studded necklace worth over `10 lakhs, Diptiranjan hatched a conspiracy to eliminate her and get hold of the ornament.