Kolkata: Kolkata Police on Wednesday arrested two persons from Odisha for their alleged involvement in the murder of a young man in a hotel in the metropolis, an officer said. The two accused, identified as Shashikant Behera and Santosh Behera, were nabbed from Sambalpur.

“We are trying to determine the motive behind the killing. The duo is being questioned,” he said, adding they would be brought to West Bengal on transit remand. Last week, the body of one person, identified as Rahul Lal, was found in a storage compartment in a hotel room in the Park Street area of Kolkata. Preliminary investigation suggested he was strangled to death with a bedsheet.

Investigators linked the killing to Sambalpur through leads from the deceased’s Aadhaar card and mobile phone number. Lal had a criminal

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