A person was murdered with his throat slit by unidentified miscreants at Balarampur village under the Purusotampur police station in Ganjam district early on Thursday morning.
The deceased was identified by police as Purnachandra Sabat alias Tuna.
Sources said the incident took place in wee hours of Thursday. locals spotted the body lying in a pool of blood and informed police. Though the exact reason behind the murder was yet to be ascertained senior police officials rushed to the spot for investigation.
Scientific team and sniffer dogs were rushed to the incident spot to collect vital evidences from the spot. Police suspect previous rivalry to be the motive behind the murder.
Sources in the police said they were working on important leads to nab the miscreants. The body was handed over to the family members of the deceased after postmortem.