Bhubaneswar: The Crime Branch, investigating the murder of cameraman Manas Swain recreated the crime scene with prime accused Sarmistha Rout on Friday.
The officials inspected the site at Palaspur village under Chandbali police limits from where the deceased was kidnapped.
Sarmistha was also taken for crime scene recreation at Dayal Ashram under Airfield Police Station in Bhubaneswar.
Officials said that Manas was murdered there and subsequently to Ranpur in Nayagarh district where the body was disposed of. Rout reportedly broke down during crime scene recreation.
As per police, Manas had possessed a memory card containing videos and photos which could have landed Sarmistha in trouble, for which she was trying to get the memory card.
Manas Swain, a resident of Godipokhari village in Ranpur area of Nayagarh district, was working as a cameraman for a Bhubaneswar-based web portal ‘Sampoorna’ run by Sarmistha Rout.
Manas was allegedly kidnapped when he was returning from Chandbali area in Bhadrak district on February 7. He had gone there to shoot a wedding function.
The abductors allegedly took Swain to ‘Dayal Ashram’ old age home at Sundarpada in Bhubaneswar. It was being run by Sarmistha.
Manas was assaulted and murdered at the old age home on the night of February 7 while the body was buried in Nayagarh district. Police had exhumed Swain’s body near Badhipatna hills in Rajsunakhala area of the district on March 12.
