In a very shocking accident, an officer of Bhawanipatna district court and his wife died when an unknown vehicle hit the motorcycle in which they were travelling near the Biju Patnaik Park in Abhinav Bidanasi here late on Wednesday night.
Police said profusely bleeding judicial officer Krushna Chandra Behera and his wife Nirupama were rushed to the hospital where doctors declared them brought dead. The couple in their late 40s is survived by two minor children.
A native of the Athagarh area, Behera was constructing a house in Cuttack city, and during the winter vacation the family had come here to supervise the construction work.