Rourkela: A man was killed allegedly by his brother-in-law for assaulting the latter’s sister in Odisha’s Sundargarh district, police said Friday.
The incident took place in Tungritoli village of the district Thursday, a police officer said.
The deceased man, identified as Jayram Satnami, was the accused Markosh Toppo’s brother-in-law, the police officer said.
Satnami had visited his wife at her brother’s place Thursday afternoon but his irate wife advised him not to meet her again, the police officer said.
When Satnami was returning home, he met Toppo. Both of them had a heated argument and infuriated Toppo allegedly stabbed his brother-in-law with a knife.
Satnami was taken to a local hospital where the doctors declared him dead.
“We have arrested Markosh and seized the knife. Further investigation is on,” Rajgangpur SDPO Abhishek Panigrahi said.
Satnami had married his lover Latika four years ago.
Since then, they were living at his home in Lakhipara village under the Rajgangpur police limits of Sundargarh district, another police officer said.
On many occasions, Satnami assaulted his wife, which Toppo did not like. Toppo had also advised Satnami, his brother-in-law, to refrain from such behaviour, the police officer added.
Recently, Toppo and his mother had taken Latika and her child to their home at Tungritoli after Satnami had brutally assaulted her, he added.
PTI
