A body of a missing liquor trader was recovered from the Kantiachira river in Baleswar district on Tuesday, a day after he jumped into the river in a bid to give excise officials a slip. The deceased was identified as Sapan Majhi of Srijang village under the Khantapada police station in the district.
Acting on inputs about illegal liquor sale, the Excise officials chased four liquor traders, including Sapan, who were travelling by motorcycles carrying illegal country-made liquor in the evening.
While the officials nabbed three of them during the raid, Sapan jumped into the river to evade arrest. However, he went missing in the river and was untraceable.Fire Services personnel, who launched a search operation at night, found the body of Sapan in morning.
Later, his fellow villagers placed body of Sapan in front district Collectorate and staged a demonstration. They alleged that youth was murdered by enforcement officials and action should be initiated against them.