Five fugitives arrested on the charges of murder of a man last month over property dispute.

Jajpur,22/05(PPT) : Five fugitives who had allegedly killed a 32 year old man last month in Jajpur district and had given the cops a slip for more than a month , were arrested from Surat, Gujarat on Thursday.

All the five arrested persons have been identified as Bapina Malik (31), Tapina Malik (27), Sanjaya Malik (30), Raju Malik (34) and Managobinda Malik (33) of Betanda village under Dharmasala police station. They on 16 April night brutally killed Sukanta Malik a driver of Betanda village while the deceased Sukanta Malik awas returning to the house from Barabati. After committing the heinous crime, all the five accused fled from their village . We formed a team to nab all the accused. Acting on a tip off , we rushed to Surat and arrested them from their hideouts. A property dispute is the main reason behind the murder, said the Sub- Divisional Police Officer (SDPO), Jajpur, Sarat Chandra Patra on Friday.

Earlier on 17 April Kaberi Malik(27) wife of the deceased filed an FIR in the police station and alleged that her husband was killed by them along with others. All the five accused were booked under sections- -103(1), 324(2), 351(2), 140(3), 118(2), 61(2), 189(2) 1 91(2), 191(3) and 190 of BNS and under section- Sec-25 and 27 Arms Act. They were produced in the court at Chandikhol on Friday. The court rejected their bail applications and remanded them into judicial custody, added the police officer.