A person was killed and two others were injured when they were attacked by miscreants at Ichhapur village under the Polasara police limits in Ganjam district on Tuesday night.
The deceased was identified as Sushant Nayak, son of former sarpanch of Pandiripada panchayat.
Sushant along with two associates was returning home from Bhubaneswar when he was intercepted by some unidentified miscreants who severely beat him up. The y also attacked his associates who tried to come to his rescue, sources said.
While all of them were rescued in a critical condition and rushed to a local hospital, Sushant was declared dead by the doctors.
On being informed, police reached the spot and registered a case. While the exact reason behind the attack is yet to be ascertained, it is suspected that the attack was the fallout of political enmity. Police are carrying out further investigations.