A man allegedly thrashed his friend to death at Bahadalpur under the Khandagiri police station in the capital city on Tuesday night. The deceased was identified as Ashok Sethi.
Both Ashok and accused Jagannath Dhibara are drivers of vehicles engaged in sanitation work in the city.
Sethi and Dhibara along with two others were having a feast. Later, a heated altercation broke out between the two. The spat took a violent turn when Jagannath thrashed Ashok with an iron rod and plastic pipe.Ashok sustained critical injuries in the attack and died on the spot.
Getting information, the Khandagiri police reached the spot and detained Jagannath for interrogation and carrying out further investigation.
“Three drivers and a labour stayed here last night. When one of them woke up, he found Sethi dead. As the duo had a fight last night, they are suspecting that Dhibara might have killed Sethi. We have detained several workers and questioned them in connection with the case,” Khandagiri IIC Dayanidhi Nayak said.