Berhampur: Further intensifying the probe into the murder of senior lawyer and BJP leader Pitabas Panda in Odisha’s Berhampur, police have reportedly picked up former MLA Bikram Panda for questioning in connection with the sensational case.

As per sources, a police team, led by Berhampur Superintendent of Police (SP) Saravana Vivek M visited the residence Bikram Panda, who is also BJD’s Ganjam district president, late at night and took him into custody for interrogation. ADVERTISEMENT

Sources said a police team, led by Berhampur SP Saravana Vivek M, reached Panda’s residence late at night and took him into custody for questioning.

In another significant breakthrough in the case, police have also taken into custody a sharpshooter, identified as Chintu, from Bengaluru. The firearm used i

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