Mumbai double murder: Cops say open-and-shut case

While the final statements of both the fathers are yet to be recorded, the police said it seems a failed love affair led Patnaik to commit such a crime.

8220;Patnaik8217;s father told us that his son had left Angul on the morning of November 21, and met him at Sambalpur. He told his father that he was going to Rourkela for some business-related work,8221; said K T Sonone, senior police inspector, Oshiwara police station.

The police are now waiting for the forensic reports. Sonone said that questioning of Moon Das8217;s neighbours revealed that he was not a stranger there and was often seen with her.

As the firing took place inside a closed house, the only two persons who had seen the pistol in Patnaik8217;s hands are Das and her friend, Romesh Sharma, Sonone said.

Meanwhile, Das refused to talk to the media on Saturday after finishing the formalities at JJ Hospital where she had come to collect her mother8217;s body.