In a shocking incident, a group of armed miscreants killed a youth by hurling bombs at him at Rajsunakhala in the district on Monday.
The deceased was identified as a resident of Balugaon village under the Banapur police station Jhulu Barik.
Jhulu, who resided in Rajsunakhala area over the past few years and earned his livelihood by driving an auto-rickshaw, was attacked by the miscreants at around 9.30 am while he was standing in front of a shop. The assailants fired several rounds at Jhulu and then hurled a bomb which killed him on the spot.
Family members of Jhulu claimed that he had been attacked over past enmity. Jhulu who was also working as a land broker, had developed business rivalry with some locals and that could be the reason behind the attack, they suspected.
Meanwhile, police have reached the spot and started investigation into the incident.