Bhubaneswar: In a macabre incident, unidentified miscreants allegedly beat two youths over past enmity in J. Raibaga Jharakani village under Bhasma police limits of Odisha’s Sundargarh district earlier this week.
The deceased have been identified as Ranjit Magadha of Jharakani village and his friend Radhe Raksha of Patrapada under Sundargarh police limits.
According to reports, Ranjit Magadha had a fight with the residents of the Kishanpada area in Jharakani village. During the fight, Ranjit’s son and his friend Radhe reached the spot to support him. However, when things got difficult for them, Ranjit and his son managed to flee the spot.
However, Radhe was unable to get out of the village and irate villagers beat him to death. Later, Radhe’s dead body was found in a deserted place in Jharakani village.
On Tuesday morning, some miscreants from Kishanpada attacked Ranjit and his son and beat Ranjit to death. Ranjit’s son sustained critical injury in the fight and was rushed to Sundargarh General Hospital.
On being informed, Bhasma police reached the spot and started an investigation into the matter. According to the primary investigation, the murders took place over the previous enmity.
