Keonjhar: A man and his wife have been brutally killed with sharp weapons late at night in Rasool Jhumukipatiya Sahi on Saturday. The incident has been reported from Rasool Jhumukipatiya Sahi village under Daitari police limits in Keonjhar district.
The deceased were Bahada Murmu and Dhani Murmu. Local police have been deployed in the area and an investigation has started. While the motive for the murder remains unclear, police suspects sorcery to be the trigger.
According to the information, both husband and wife were sleeping outside the house after eating their supper last night. Late at night, after hearing screams, his daughter Sinigo Murmu, who was sleeping inside, came out and saw her parents in a pool of blood.
She alerted her relatives immediately. Ghatgaon SDPO Sushil Kumar Mishra along with Harichandanpur and Daitari police have started investigation in this case.
