He has been detained at the Boden police station for further investigation. The police are yet to reveal his name.
Sadhu Ketaki had gone to his in-law’s house at Kotamal village in Boden block of Nuapada district on October 16. Some labour contractors arrived there on Friday last and hounded for the labourers who had taken advance from them to migrate.
Some labourers were traced by them and beaten. They took Sadhu with them mistaking that he was one of the labourers who had taken advance. He was forcibly taken to Kantabanji, detained for thre days in a room and tortured mercilessly.