The Soro police cracked a murder case by arresting three persons including two brothers of the deceased .The accused were identified as Gagan Malik, Purnachandra Malik and his wife Jasoda.
The body of Maheswar Malik of village Kesaripur was found in pond on Thursday. Due to injury marks on Maheswar’s body, police suspected it to be murder case and started investigation.
Later, police ascertained that a land dispute was the reason for bitter relationship among the brothers.
Maheswar was hit on his head by his younger brother Purnachandra with an iron rod on Wednesday night .
After he succumbed to the injuries the body was disposed in a nearby pond by Gagan and Jasoda .
Soro IIC Madhumita Mohanty after arresting the accused under relevant sections of IPC, forwarded them to court on Saturday.