In a series of killings, three persons were murdered in the last 24 hours in the city. Police suspected that a serial killer is in the prowl targeting destitute and daily wagers.
A day after a youth was allegedly killed near the Taladanda Canal at Ranihat, two more persons were found dead on Wednesday.
A youth was found dead with injury marks in his neck and head under OMP bridge here in the morning. The deceased was identified as a daily wager Bapu. Some locals first spotted the body and called up police. The cops reached the spot, sent the body for postmortem and began an investigation into the incident.
In a separate incident, an elderly man was found on roadside with similar injury marks on his neck and head near Ranihat Medical Road here.
Though he was rescued and rushed to SCB Medical College Hospital here, but he succumbed to the injuries.
On Tuesday morning, a youth was found dead near the Taladanda canal under Mangalabag police limits. It was suspected some miscreants killed him by bludgeoning his head with a stone.
Police Commissioner Satyajit Mohanty said, “All three persons have been killed in same style. It is suspected to be the handiwork of a psycho killer, who is targeting homeless and destitute in the city. In view of this,
I request daily wagers and homeless people not to sleep in the open or secluded places. We have decided to deploy police personnel to provide security to destitutes in Mangalabag and Ranihat areas here.”