CUTTACK: Police have cracked the murder of Amarendra Nayak alias Amir and nabbed the accused Rama Chandra Behera. Amir was found murdered inside his room at Jobra Majhisahi on November 17. Rama has confessed to have killed Amir with the motive of robbing gold ornaments and other valuables, police said. About ` 1.30 lakh worth of ornaments have been recovered from Rama. According to police, Rama hails from Amir’s native village Munsapend near Chatrapur in Ganjam district and had been a long time friend of the victim. He had come to Cuttack to visit Balijatra and had put up with Amir. Rama, a cold drinks and tender coconut vendor in Chatrapur, had sustained heavy losses in business and gone bankrupt. When he found Amir doing well and in possession of substantial amount of valuable ornaments, he decided to loot him and planned the murder. Amir was to get married soon and had got some new ornaments by exchanging with some gold ornaments of his mother. He had reportedly shown a necklace, two pairs of earrings and one ‘mangalsutra’ to Rama. On November 17, Rama told Amir that he was going to Bhubaneswar and would return in the evening. In the evening, he went to Balijatra and allegedly purchased a knife. On his return, both watched TV till late in the night. When Amir fell asleep, Rama got up and allegedly slit his throat with the knife and made away with the ornaments. He had fled to Bhubaneswar from where he was nabbed. While investigations almost led to nowhere, three calls on the day between Amir and Rama brought the latter under suspicion. Rama’s mobile phone was tracked and he was apprehended, police said.
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