Tension prevailed at Sundarpur village under the Tangi police station in the district after a group of miscreants hacked an auto-rickshaw driver to death on Saturday night.
The deceased was identified as Bulu lenka of Haripur village of the district.Eyewitness accounts said Bulu was asleep when a group of youths barged into his house and attacked him with a sharp weapon late in the night. He succumbed to the injuries at the spot. The attackers fled from the spot before the victim’s nieghbours could react.
locals rushed to the spot after hearing his screams and informed police.
Two of the attackers were identified as Madhab Sundar of Haripur and Magu Swain of Golagaon villages. Police have launched a massive manhunt to trace the accused. Police suspect past enmity behind the attack.