Berhampur: In a major development in the murder case of lawyer and BJP leader Pitabash Panda, the absconding accused, businessman Sudarshan Jena, has surrendered before the police.

According to sources, Sudarshan, known to be an associate of former MLA Bikram Panda, surrendered at the Baidyanathpur Police Station in Berhampur.

Earlier on Wednesday morning, 12 accused persons in the case were arrested and sent to jail. Later that night, police also brought Sunil Hota from Jeypore for interrogation. Hota is alleged to have provided shelter to two of the accused at his farmhouse in Jeypore and funded their expenses, as revealed by Berhampur SP Saravana Vivek M during a press briefing on Wenesday.

Both Sudarshan Jena and Sunil Hota are currently being interrogated by the police. The invest

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