Cuttack’s triple murder accused arrested

Since last week, the Bhubaneswar-Cuttack police commissionerate had increased vigil and started sensitising late-night commuters, homeless people and slum-dwellers in Cuttack after three people were found murdered in the city within a span of 24 hours starting Tuesday morning, the police said.

The police had said that the three murders have some similarities, even as many local residents have started talking about a suspected serial killer. “Prima facie, the injuries and circumstances signal a pattern,” Twin City Police Commissioner Satyajit Mohanty had told The Indian Express on Friday.

A special police team, comprising two police inspectors and 11 constables, has been formed to identify and trace the killers, Cuttack DCP Akhileswar Singh was quoted by PTI.

Eight platoons and 50 officers, numbering up to 300, had started keeping vigil all night in the city.