Deogarh: In a gruesome incident, two unidentified miscreants bludgeoned a woman employee of a finance company to death in front of her office on Pradhanapata Road in Odisha’s Deogarh district on Tuesday night.
The deceased was identified as Rita Kumari Sahu, a resident of the Kuchinda area in the Sambalpur district.
According to reports, Rita was leaving the office for her home on a scooter at around 11.00 pm on Tuesday when the two accused first attacked her with a knife and wooden plank. When she fell on the ground, the attackers bludgeoned her head with a stone and fled the place.
Hearing her screams, other employees of the office rushed to the spot, rescued a profusely bleeding Rita and rushed her to the Deogarh District Headquarters Hospital (DHH). However, doctors declared her ‘brought dead’.
Police have started an investigation into the incident and a manhunt has been launched to nab the assailants. While the police have registered a case in this connection, the reason behind the crime is yet to be ascertained.
