The police suspected the triple murder, which was occurred on Thursday night at Phampuni village, about 10km away from here in the Koraput district, a planned murder plot.
Jeypore SPDO Mitrabhanu Mohapatro who rushed to the spot said the killing might have been planned by some miscreants. “It might be a preplanned murder and we
will arrest the culprits very soon,” he said.
Sources said some miscreants killed three of a family, father, son and daughter, and hanged the body of the father in a ceiling fan. The deceased were identified as Tripati Behera (45), Kishore Behera (12) and Ruchismita Behera (16).
According to reports, deceased Tripati’s wife was not present in the house and had gone to attend a marriage. When she came, the door was closed from inside and the electric main switch was off. With the help of neighbours, she opened the house and found her husband hanged. She also found her son and daughter lying dead with cut injuries.
After getting information Sadar Police, SDPO and Koraput SP rushed to the village and assured the deceased family to trace out the culprits.
On Friday morning, the villagers came to Jeypore with three bodies and blocked NH-26 demanding immediate arrest of the culprits. The road was blocked for four to five hours for which communications were disrupted. After getting assurance from the police, the villagers called off the agitation.