Berhampur: In a fresh development in lawyer Pitabas Panda murder case in Odisha’s Berhampur, police have taken four accused on remand for two days for custodial interrogation as part of investigation.

According to sources, Uma Shankar Bisoi, Chintu Pradhan, Kurupati Bhuyan, and Yogendra have been taken on two-day remand for further questioning by the police. A face-to-face interrogation may be undertaken with the accused to extract information. ADVERTISEMENT

Notably, five witnesses took part in a test identification (TI) parade earlier to identify eight accused in two phases. The TI parade report was received on Thursday. However, the witnesses had identified only two of the accused, Kurupati Bhuyan and Chintu Pradhan, out of the eight. The TI parade report has been submitted to the SDJ

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