Koraput: In a shocking and gruesome incident, an elderly man was brutally murdered by having his throat slit in Kumuliput village under Jeypore Sadar Police Station limits.
The deceased has been identified as Raghunath Gouda, a resident of Kumuliput village. His body was found lying near a canal close to the village with deep cut injuries on his neck.
According to reports, Raghunath had gone to a local tea shop in the village as per his daily routine yesterday but did not return home. When he delayed to return home, his son Bhagaban Gouda went looking for him and was taken aback to see his father lying in a pool of blood.
Bhagaban later lodged a written complaint at the Jeypore Sadar Police Station, suspecting the involvement of some villagers in the murder.
The exact motive behind the murder is yet to be ascertained.
