In a gruesome incident, a man was hacked to death by unidentified miscreants on Saturday at Nuagaoun village under the Kabisuryanagar police station of Ganjam district.
The deceased was identified as Pitabash Mallick, a contractor.
Sources said Mallick was on his way home when a group of miscreants attacked him with swords killing him on the spot. The miscreants fled from the spot in a flash before anybody could react.
Though the exact motive behind the murder is yet to be ascertained, it is suspected that an altercation at a village meeting could have triggered the attack. Police are investigating into the attack.