Bhubaneswar, Feb. 14 -- Raigarh: In a major development in connection with the murder of a woman and her daughter in 2016, Chattisgarh Police today revealed that former MLA and BJD leader Anup Sai is the prime accused in the case.

In a press conference, Raigarh SP Santosh Kumar said that Anup had an illicit affair with the victim Kalpana Das after she got divorced from her husband in the year 2005. Both of them started to live together along with Kalpana's daughter Pravati Das from 2011 to 2016 in a flat bought by Anup in Sundarpada area of Bhubaneswar.

"While staying together for years, the victim asked Anup to marry her but he kept dodging her request citing that he was already married. Later, he plotted to kill her. On May 7 , 2016, ...