Berhampur: Baidyanathpur police in Berhampur has arrested a mother and daughter duo on the charge of burnt down the belongings of their tenant.Police said,one Aswini Kumar Samantasinghar of Puri,was staying in a rented house Khodasingh of Berhampur,has lodged a complaint on yesterday that,four days back he left for his home town and returned on yesterday.He found his rented house was locked by the landowner in his absence.Aswini said police that he paid three months rent to the house owner as advance,but since last two months he couldnot pay the monthly rents.Last week the landowner asked him to vacate the house,but denied to pay the balance amount of the advance money.Due to urgency,he went to Puri and after his return found the house locked.As the landowner denied to open the lock,he lodged a complaint with police.Basing on the complaint,police asked the land owner to open the lock,so that Aswini will take his belongings,but they didnot responded.Today with magistrate police reached the house and broke open the lock,only to found all the belongings of Aswini vanished.During search,police found the belongings including the certificates half burnt.During further verification police examined the CCTV footage which showed that the land owner Jyotirani sahu and her Daughter Mousumi sahu had removed the belongings of Aswini from the house,before damaging them.Based on the prima facie evidence the accused owner and her daughter arrested and forwarded to the court today evening,said police.
