The Jagatsinghpur police have arrested two youths, who are brothers, on the charge of beating their mother and two married sisters over a property dispute.
According to reports, the barbaric incident occurred at Hasina under the Kujang police limits in Jagatsinghpur district on Tuesday afternoon.
Nabaghan Tarai had sold half of his house property to his two daughters as his two sons, Bijay and Gajendra, failed to look after him and his wife Haramani at old age. Following it, Bijay and Gajendra’s relationship with two sisters Anima and Puspalata Samal went sour and many a time they got indulged in squabble.
Their relationship worsened on Tuesday when two brothers started constructing a toilet on the land sold to their sisters. When two sisters along with mother opposed it, Bijay and Gajendra tied them to two trees and a pole and started beating them up with a wooden handle of a spade.
Shockingly, the villagers, who were present at the site, watched in silence only.
Later, Anima’s son informed the police who rescued the victims. Based on a written complaint by one of the victims, police arrested the two brothers.