A man and his son were murdered on Thursday morning inside a hut at Bagam village of Kumbhari panchayat under Narayanpatna block here.The deceased, identified as Habika Shibu (60) and Habika lingu (40), were killed by a few unknown miscreants while they were asleep.The duo was into cotton business. Though the reason behind the double murder is not yet clear, police suspect the involvement of Maoists in the crime.
Two days ago, one businessman Suresh Subudhi of the area was killed and another person was critically injured during attack by the Maoists. The rebels have managed to unleash a reign of terror in the area despite strict vigil of five platoons of the BSF and local police along with the SOG and the IRB battalion.