Cuttack: Post-mortem reports of the deceased persons Mahanga mass murder has no mention of death due to poisoning, informed Cuttack (Rural) SP Jugal Kishore Banoth today.
Banoth said that all the deceased persons had multiple injuries on their bodies.
The post-mortem reports have revealed that all the bodies had marks of injury caused amidst forceful resistance, he added.
Shiba Prasad Sahoo of Kusupur village under Mahanga police limits of Cuttack district on the intervening night of April 11 and 12 hacked to death five members of his elder sibling Alekha Chandra Sahoo’s family.
Sahoo apart from killing his brother Alekha had also killed his sister-in-law Rashmi Rekha (Alekha’s wife), niece Smruti Sandhya, and nephews Smruti Sahil and Smruti Saurav.
Sahoo had surrendered before the police at Balichandrapur in Jajpur district. Prior to that, he had released a video in which Sahoo shared the confession.
