The Patliputra branch of the State Bank of India

The investigation into the murder of Michael James Dextas, the head cashier of State Bank of India, Patliputra branch, has taken police to Jogbani in Araria, around 440km north of Patna.

Senior superintendent of police (SSP) Amrit Raj confirmed on Friday that a team has gone to Jogbani in connection with the case but refused to divulge any details. Sources said at least one person has been interrogated by the team.

“A team has been sent to Jogbani in connection with the investigation. The police cannot disclose anything more. Investigations are on and we expect to reach a breakthrough in the next two days. Any disclosure will affect the ongoing investigations,” the SSP told The Telegraph.

Dextas was shot dead in his cabin by an assailant on May 14. Sources said the police had arrived at some leads after recovering a bag from the bank premises.

A police source in Araria told The Telegraph: “The bag, which had a fake bomb inside it, was similar to ones used by medical representatives. It also bore the name of a medicine company and the police searched for the people working with the company. A team had come down here (Araria) for verification process. They had interrogated a man who lives in Nepal.”

Few sources also claimed bank loot was the motive behind Dextas’s murder.

“The possibility of a murder arising out of a failed bank loot is more than out of a personal enmity, as the cops are trying to portray this case to be. There is a gang active in the Domtoli area of Patna that has the same kind of modus operandi. There could have been more than one man at the bank and they could have come with the intention to rob it,” a source said.

The cops also claimed that a breakthrough in the murder of advocate Sangita Sinha (45) was likely in the next two days. Sangita was found murdered on Wednesday in her flat at Budh Marg.

City superintendent of police Kim told The Telegraph that a few persons close to the murdered lawyer were being questioned. “A lot of people are being questioned. The neighbours are not saying much about her. Nothing concrete can be said but the police expect a breakthrough in the next two days,” she told The Telegraph.

The police said the viscera of the deceased had been preserved. “The post mortem report doesn’t say much and the viscera has been preserved. The case will be solved soon,” a police officer said.