Ganjam: Two persons were held for their alleged complicit in thrashing a man to death and making the video of the entire incident viral on social media in Polsara of Ganjam district.
Earlier in this case, five persons were arrested in this connection at Chingudighai under Purusottampur police station of Ganjam district.
Worth mentioning that Sahoo was found roaming in the village when some villagers spotted and asked him about his identity. Suspecting that he had come to the village for robbery, the villagers tied him to an electric pole and thrashed him mercilessly, leading to his death. After the man died, the villagers dumped his body under a tree near a local school.
A video of the incident has reportedly gone viral on social media platforms.
Later, the body of the youth has been sent for post-mortem, said reports. The exact cause of death will be ascertained once the post-mortem report is published.
Following this, Sahoo’s brother filed a written complaint with the police regarding the incident.