Sambalpur police arrested six men for the brutal murder of notorious criminal Kalu Bahadur (30), who was killed in a revenge attack linked to the 2019 murder of Banti Behera.

The accused—Saini Behera (33), Pratap Behera (24), Jaynarayan Mishra (24), Raj Barik (22), Sridhar Prasad (25), and Sameer Behera (21)—fled the state after the crime. However, a special police team tracked them down and apprehended them outside Odisha. Additional SP Ajay Kumar Mishra confirmed that all six will be produced in court tomorrow.

Kalu Bahadur, a resident of Gandhinagar Pada in Hirakud, had over 20 criminal cases against him, including charges of murder, robbery, extortion, and attempted homicide. He was out on bail after being arrested for Banti Behera’s murder in Substation Pada.

On November 5, Kalu ro

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