Tension gripped the Kamarda area under Bhograi block in Baleswar district on Tuesday after two brothers were murdered by a fellow villager following his dispute with the siblings over entering of deep tube-well water to his crop field.
The deceased were identified as Madhusudan Giri (38) and his younger brother Narayan Giri (33), residents of village Harinipuli under the Kamarda police station.
The assailant, identified as Durgashankar Das (55) of the same village attacked the brother duo with a sharp knife.
After the news spread, irate villagers roughed up Das and also set his mud-and-thatched house on fire before police could pacify the mob.
Das after being rescued was sent to medical for treatment, said police.
According to sources, the Giri brothers Madhusudan and Narayan were having a strained relationship. On Tuesday morning, Das found his patch of paddy land full of tube-well water.
Assuming that the Giri brothers had cut the embankment and let water into his land, he initially had argument with Madhusudan.
After the altercation aggravated, he fetched a knife from his house attacked him.
When Narayan tried to save his elder brother Madhusudan, he too was assaulted by Das, resulting in the death of the two brothers on the spot.
After the completion of postmortem of the bodies, locals demanding compensation to the two siblings’ families and stern action against the accused picketed the road connecting Jaleswar and Chandaneswar.
“A case has been registered under section of murder. The brothers were killed by the accused. Efforts are on to pacify road block agitators.
Injured Das was sent for treatment,” said Kamarda PS IIC Bijay Kumar Murmu.