Bhubaneswar: In a horrific incident, a man from Marichidihi village under Mahulapada police station in Odisha’s Sundargarh district was allegedly crushed to death with stone on Saturday over past enmity.
The victim has been identified as Tola Nayak of Marichidihi near Bonai, police said.
Police said that Tola Nayak and Babulu Giri of Marichidihi went to a small forest near the village on Saturday evening. They had a verbal dual over some past differences and Babulu attacked Tola with a stone and crushed his head. Later, the accused hanged Tola’s body from a tree to make it look as if Tola committed suicide and returned home.
Later in the evening, Babulu himself informed the villagers that Tola was found hanging inside the forest. As the villagers were not convinced with Babulu’s story, the smelt foul play and informed the police.
The police said that they have detained Babulu and launched a probe into the incident.
