In a shocking incident, a BJD leader of Titilagarh in Balangir district was brutally murdered by unknown assailants while he was on his morning walk at Titilagarh on Sunday.
Abhimanyu Sahu, general secretary of the Biju Yuva Janata Dal, had gone for a walk at 5.30 in the morning when some unknown persons attacked him with sharp weapons. Some passersby found the body of Sahu with his throat slit open lying in a pool of blood on the roadside. Reports said four persons were following Sahu by a vehicle before attacking him.
After the news of the murder of the popular young leader spread, hundreds of BJD supporters rushed to the spot. Angry supporters of Sahu later gheraoed the Titilagarh police station demanding immediate arrest of the killers. The police sealed the border of district and a scientific team was sent to the spot for investigation. The police launched a massive manhunt to nab the murderers. "The police are looking into this incident from all angles," said Balangir SP Ravi Prakash. leaders of various political parties while expressing grief and shock over Sahu's brutal killing demanded an impartial inquiry into the gruesome incident, which has triggered tension in the town. Sahu was a trusted aide of Balangir BJD MP Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo, who said Sahu's killing is a great loss to the BJD.