A person was allegedly stoned to death by unidentified miscreants at Bachhipur village in Basudevpur of the district late on Sunday night.
The deceased was identified as Ganesh Satpathy (40). Sources said the deceased and his daughter were sleeping when the miscreant barged into the house and stoned Ganesh to death. The matter came to light after wife of the deceased returned home to find the door locked from outside. After entering the house, she found her husband lying in a pool of blood.
“I don’t know when the incident happened as I was asleep and came to know about the matter only after my mother arrived,” said daughter of the deceased. She further added, “My father didn’t have any enmity with anyone.”
On being informed about the incident, police reached the spot and sent the body for post-mortem. While the exact motive behind the crime is yet to be ascertained, the Basudevpur police have launched an investigation into the incident.