A youth was brutally murdered at Kestapada village under the Sarankul police station in Nayagarh district on Saturday over past enmity.
Unidentified miscreants hit his head with sharp objects resulting in his death and gouged out his eyes.The deceased identified as Babuli Bantha was the husband of local Samiti member, sources said. The man’s body was found lying in a pool of blood near his village.
The Sarankul police reached the spot, sent the body for postmortem and started investigation. Police have launched a manhunt to nab the culprits.