The Commissionerate Police on Wednesday arrested seven persons on the charge of killing a 25-year-old youth in the city late on Tuesday night.
The accused were identified as Deepak Barik (20) of Rukuni village, Rajib Sahu (23) of Eadabadi village, Narasingha Sethy (20) of Nuapentha village, all of Ganjam district, Bijaya Kumar Harichandan (42) of Majhi Sahi under Badagada police station here, Rajkishore Barik (23) and Deepak Kumar Swain (26) of Jagatsinghpur and Bikash Shil (26) of Sundarpur village under the Tangi police limits in Khurda district.
All accused were staying in the Mahinshakhal Basti under the Badagada police limits.
According to Badagada PS IIC Devi Prasad Patra, Tinku Nayak (25) of Kaptipada area in Mayurbhanj district, a wanted criminal, along with his associate Munna Das reached Mahinshakhal Basti on Tuesday night and threatened the slum dwellers to finish them by throwing bombs.
The duo also abused them in filthy language and set slum houses on fire.
Witnessing the dare devil act of Nayak, all of a sudden the slum people attacked Nayak and Das with bricks and lathis in order to chase them away from the slum. Nayak got injured seriously while Das managed to escape from the spot, said the IIC.
Nayak was rushed to the Capital Hospital here from where then he was referred to the SCB Medical College Hospital in Cuttack on account of severe injuries.
He succumbed to his injuries in the hospital on Wednesday morning. The police is investigating the case.