A youth of Sundargarh has been missing for the last 26 days and his family members are apprehensive that he might have been killed.
Even if four persons who were accompanying him after purchasing a boat claimed that the youth fell inside Ib river while crossing the river, the family members of the deceased youth are not ready to buy the story and suspect murder angle.
Meanwhile, the Sundargarh police after registering a murder case have informed all the police stations till Hirakud to help them to locate body .
The deceased has been identified as Dipak Oram (24), a resident of Junadih village under Sadar police station in Sundargarh. He works at Goa and had come to his home some days back. On August 12, Dipak along with four other people of same village had gone to Abanikela village to bring a new boat. On August 13, the four people accompanying Dipak had returned back home with a new boat, while they had no clue about Dipak.
According to sources, boat owner Gati Tiga after reaching at his village along with three other people had returned shirt and mobile phone of Dipak to his family members but could not tell anything about Dipak. All he told was that after taking liquor, Dipak had gone somewhere and had not returned with them.
The family members of Dipak made a frantic search for Dipak but could not trace him. On August 16, Dipak’s brother lodged an FIR in Sadar police station and mentioned in FIR that Dipak might have been killed by those four persons including Gati Tiga who were accompanying him and thereafter they might have thrown him inside river.
The Sadar police had registered a murder case and interrogated the four suspected. Meanwhile, the police have formed a two- member team to locate the body of Dipak SDPO PK Mohanty told, “ Our search operation is still on and I have also informed all the IICs of the police stations till Hirakud about Dipak’s missing and have told them to inform us if his body is located .”