A youth was arrested for allegedly killing three of his family members, including his parents, in Badpalasa village under Karanjia police station in Mayurbhanj district on Friday night.
The accused Kunu Behera in a fit of rage killed his father Srikant Behera, mother Nirasa Behera and aunt Kuni Behera with a sharp weapon over a family dispute, police said.
The exact family dispute was yet to be known. On being informed about the murder, Karanjia police rushed to the spot on Friday morning and arrested Kunu and sent the bodies for postmortem.
“We have registered a murder case and started an investigation with the help of a scientific team. The accused will be produced in court soon,” said a police official.