Purusottampur: Purusottampur police Friday evening forwarded five people to court after their arrest in the lynching case of Bahuda Sahu (40), a native of Baduragad village under Gadishagada police limits in Puri district.
The arrested persons were identified as Tapan Kumar Padhiari, Mitu Nayak, Kishore Nayak, Satya Narayan Nayak of Chingudighai village and Bhabani Shankar Sahoo of Rengidipali village, said Purusottampur SDPO Rajanikanta Samal.
The deceased was thrashed to death mercilessly in an inhuman way after being mistaken as a thief. Many people associated with the gruesome murder are still absconding and all the remaining culprits will be arrested very soon, said Samal.
As per information received from the police, a villager Kishore Nayak woke up to some sound in his backyard, at about 3am Wednesday night. He opened the door and found an unknown person standing outside. Suspecting him as a thief he raised an alarm when the unknown person hurled a piece of brick and a tin sheet at Nayak in which the latter got injured. After he screamed for help, some villagers woke up from their sleep and rushed towards his house. The man ran to save himself but the villagers overpowered him.
Later, they tied him to a utility pole where they beat him up black and blue leaving him critically injured and writhing in pain. They then dumped the man under a tree inside the village primary school premises where he reportedly succumbed to his injuries.
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