Bhubaneswar: Berhampur police on Wednesday took Kurupatti Bhuyan (35) and Chintu Pradhan, the shooters hired under an alleged conspiracy to eliminate senior advocate and BJP leader Pitabas Panda, to recreate the crime scene in the Brahmanagar area here.

Two motorcycle-borne assailants had gunned down Panda outside his residence on October 6. ADVERTISEMENT

They are among the six accused whom police took into custody this morning for two days for further interrogation. While Chintu was arrested on October 22 along with 11 others, including the alleged key conspirators, former Berhampur MLA Bikram Kumar Panda and ex-mayor of the city Shiva Shankar Das, besides BJD corporator Malay Bisoi.

Kurupati along with Uma Bisoyi, who allegedly arranged for shooters to execute the murder, was nabbed

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