Lanjigarh: A 74-year-old man was allegedly killed at Manastara village under Bishwanathpur police station in Kalahandi district on suspicion of practising witchcraft. Police have arrested three villagers and produced them in court.
The victim, identified as Ekuna Majhi, had gone missing August 28. His son lodged a missing complaint the same day, prompting the police to start an investigation. Four days later, the cops discovered that three local youths had allegedly killed him and hanged the body from a tree in a nearby forest.
A police team led by Kesinga SDPO Sandeep Kumar Majhi and officers from Lanjigarh and Bishwanathpur stations recovered the body August 31 and detained the suspects. During interrogation, the accused — Naresh Majhi, 26, Chakra Majhi, 22, and Murali Majhi, 28 — confessed to the killing, police said.
The body was sent for a postmortem Monday before being handed over to the family. A case (57/25) has been registered under sections 103(1) and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. The three men were denied bail and sent to judicial custody.
PNN
