A case involving the kidnapping and murder of a photojournalist from Odisha has been handed over to the crime branch of CID for investigation, the Indian Express reported. Manas Swain, 28, was allegedly kidnapped by his employer Sarmistha Rout and four others in February and assaulted over a memory chip allegedly containing visuals linked to Rout.
Swain, who used to work for Sampurna, a news portal and magazine, was kidnapped on February 7 when he was in Bhadrak for a wedding assignment. He succumbed to his injuries on February 8.
