Arrests are yet to be made in connection with the murder of BJP member Pitabash Panda, who was an advocate, in Odisha’s Ganjam district, even as 30 people have been interrogated and six police teams are working to identify those behind the incident, an official said Wednesday

Panda was shot dead from a close range by two armed men, who came on a bike, near his residence in Baikuntha Nagar in the Baidyanathpur police station area Monday.

“We have formed six teams with a senior officer in each of those to investigate the incident. Each team has been assigned specific jobs — identification of the accused, analysis of CCTV footage, search of the shooters and technical probe, among others,” SP Saravana Vivek M said.

“In the last two days, 30 people have been interrogated, footage of over 75

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