A man was beaten to death at Sunapalli village under the Tarasingi police station in Kabisuryanagar block of Ganjam district on Friday.
According to reports, a group of people dragged the deceased identified as Bulu Prusty out of his house and beat him to death.
While the reason behind the incident is yet to be ascertained, it is suspected to be a fallout of past enmity among them.
Meanwhile, police said the deceased has a criminal antecedent and several criminal cases are pending against him in various police stations in Ganjam and Brahmapur police districts.
Meanwhile, Tarasingi police began an investigation into the incident to find out the exact reason behind the murder and the identity of the murders.