A man was killed in an attack allegedly by his daughter’s in-laws at Anyasipur village under the Bari police station in Jajpur district for protesting physical assault on his daughter.The deceased was identified as Kalandi Sethy. Police have arrested the four accused involved in the incident.
Santosh Sethy of Anyasnipur village had a love marriage with Kalandi’s daughter Mamata of the same village in 2019 and started living in Ramachandi village under the Khordha Sadar PS.
A few days after their marriage, the couple fought with each other and returned to their village. On September 20, while they were returning home, Santosh left Mamata alone at a local market on pretext of buying sweets for home. Unable to find husband, when Mamata went to in-laws house alone, her father-in-law Babaji, mother-in-law Mahuli , brother-in-laws Malay and Basant assaulted her physically. On receiving information about it, Kalandi reached his daughter’s in-laws house and protested the assault on her. But Mamata’s in-laws attacked him with sharp weapons.
The villagers rescued Kalandi and rushed him to the Bari Community Health Centre. While being shifted to the SCB Medical College Hospital in Cuttack on September 23, he succumbed to the injuries on the way.
On the other hand, Mamata’s in-laws had fled from the village following the incident. Based on allegation by Kalandi’s wife Rangabati, a case was registered against all the accused under Section 307 of IPC.
Three-four teams of police led by Bari IIC Ajay Kumar Jena apprehended all the accused persons after conducting raids at different places on September 26 and seized the weapons used in murder.