India, Jan. 15 -- Police have cracked the sensational murder case of a woman in Nalco Colony of Odisha's Angul district after one and a half months. The incident was initially reported as a suspicious death. Investigations later revealed that it was a planned murder driven by a one-sided love affair.

The murder took place on December 1 last year. The deceased, 37-year-old Madhusmita Pradhan, was the wife of NALCO employee Kartik Chandra Pradhan. Her body was found under mysterious circumstances inside the house.

One-Sided Love Led to Crime Police investigations revealed that the accused, Tapan Sahu, a plumber by profession, was obsessed with the woman and had proposed to her. When his proposal was rejected, he planned the murder. Accord...