Odisha rape accused burnt victim's head; nephew turns helper

From initial investigation of the case which has sent shockwaves across the state. After the murder, Kisan chopped the victim's hands and legs to prevent police getting fingerprints on the body.

He severed her head, set it on fire and disposed it off in a swampy area near Rourkela to allow decomposition to reduce scope of her identification.

In this chilling act of murder, a minor nephew of Kisan played the perfect accomplice. Probe revealed the accused had been persuading the victim to give a favourable statement in the court ever since he walked out on bail last year in December.