A man who was accused of murdering his mother-in-law in Chennai in 1995 and was absconding has been arrested from Odisha’s Ganjam district 28 years after the incident.
The accused Harihara Pattjoshi, who hails from southern Odisha city of Berhampur, was arrested by Chennai police with the help of Berhampur police while he was staging an escape.
Pattjoshi, then 23, migrated to Chennai in early 1990s and found work at a printing press in an advertisement company in Chennai. He met Indira, then 21, during work related assignment and both fell in love. Their marriage was solemnised on July 14, 1994.
