Woman, 2 aides arrested for strangulating husband

A man's body was found stuffed inside a suitcase in Khurda district, and his wife and two of her aides were arrested for his murder. The victim would frequently beat up his wife, which prompted the murder, according to Khurda SP Siddharth Kataria. The victim was identified as manoranjan mohapatra, 32, and he was a history sheeter who was booked in several cases, most of which were theft cases. He was wanted by Nayagarh police in two dacoity cases. Following the assault on January 20, das hatched a plan with her friend bikram sahoo and her cousin mitu das to kill mohapatra on January 21. She called the duo to her house at Chandeswar in Khurda at night, and sahoo purchased a suitcase from Chandapur in Nayagarh district. The duo consumed alcohol with mohapatra until late night, and when he fell asleep, they along with nili killed him. The trio then stuffed the body in the suitcase and carried it to a secluded area in Nachuni area on a bike and dumped it there. The body was found by some locals on Sunday and later informed the police.