A youth died after sustaining critical injuries in a knife attack at Matia Mangala Sahi in the Jobra area of Cuttack city late on Sunday night.
The deceased, identified as Tapan Nayak, had been admitted to the SCB Medical College Hospital here, where he succumbed to his injuries while undergoing treatment.
Family members of Tapan alleged that two youths of the area had barged into their house on Sunday night and attacked him with a knife. The incident was a fallout of a dispute over fishing at the Jobra barrage, they said.
The Malgodown police have started investigation into the incident after registering a murder case.
Several criminal cases were pending against the deceased, police sources said