Rourkela: Two persons were allegedly beaten to death by a group of villagers in Sundargarh district on Tuesday.
The deceased were identified as Ranjit Magada (50) of Ja Raiboga village and Radhe (25) of Patrapara. Ranjit’s son Roshan (19) was also assaulted, stripped and locked in a room.
According to sources, Ranjit Magadha had a fight with some locals of Kishanpada area of Jharakani village. During the fight, Ranjit’s son and his friend Radhe reached the spot to manage the situation. Later, Ranjit and his son managed to escape from 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.
The next morning, a group of miscreants from Kishanpada attacked Ranjit and his son. Ranjit was beaten to death by the miscreants. Meanwhile Ranjit’s son sustained critical injury. He was immediately rushed to Sundargarh General Hospital.
On being informed, police reached the spot and recovered the body for post-mortem.
More details are awaited.
