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Four more arrested in Stains' torching case

The Orissa police have arrested four more people in connection with the Stains killings.

The number of people arrested so far, thus, touched 53.

Official sources said the majority arrested belonged to the Thakurmunda and Karanjia blocks of Mayurbhanj district, and the Anandpur block of Keonjhar.

Of the seven named in the first information report, six have been arrested. The police are hunting the prime accused, state Home Secretary Sanjeeb Chandra Hota said.

The police had earlier arrested 49 people. Four more were arrested on Tuesday.

UNI

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