A man was killed by some locals allegedly over the suspicion of practising sorcery at village Udaygiri under the Padia police station in Malkangiri district on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Baga Kabasi.
A few people of the village killed Kabasi in front of his house suspecting him of practising witchcraft. Later, they burnt the body in the village crematorium.
Following the incident, the family members of the deceased approached the Padia police and lodged a written complaint. Based on the allegation, a team of police officials raided the village and detained some suspects involved in the murder.
A case has been registered under Sections 302/201/34 of IPC and the probe into the incident is underway, informed Padia Police IIC Ranjan Kumar Majhi.The preliminary investigation in the case revealed that some locals were in loggerhead with Kabasi with him since a long time over his alleged practice of sorcery.