Rape and murder accused fugitive arrested after two months

   By  Akshaya Rout

  Jajpur , April 22 : A  26 year old fugitive of Jajpur  district , who had allegedly raped and  killed a minor girl    at a village under Bari-Ramachandrapur police station   and had given cops a slip over  two months   was  arrested  by  police   on  Thursday in Bangalore.

 Acting on a tip-off, police arrested  Subrat Behera  (25)  of Anyasapur village under Bari- Ramachandrapur  police station  on  Thursday in Bangalore.   He has reportedly confessed to his crimes to the police, said the IIC of Bari- Ramachandra police station, Manoj Kumar Swain.

Subrat  was accused of committing rape and murder of a 14 year old minor girl on  18 February.  A case was registered   in this case under 376 ( rape ) ,  302(murder) and   201  (Causing disappearance of evidence of offence) of IPC and under the provisions of  Protection of Children from Sexual Offence Act , 2012 . After committing the  heinous crime , the accused fled to Bangalore where he had been working in a private company added the police officer.

The accused was produced in the  local court on Friday. The court rejected his bail application and remanded him in jail custody , added the police officer.