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Two held in 14-year-old Graham Staines murder case

Nearly 14 years after Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons were burnt to death by a mob in Odisha, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today arrested two absconding accused in the case.

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A CBI team arrested Ghanashyam Mohant (35) and Ranjan Mohant (38) from their villages Gayalmunda and Bhalughera in Keonjhar district, a senior district police official, who assisted in the arrest, said.

Staines and his two sons Philip (10) and Timothy (6) were burnt to death on January 22, 1999, while they were sleeping in their station wagon in front of a church at Manoharpur village in Keonjhar, about 400 km from here.

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