Police on Thursday detained two persons for interrogation in connection with the deaths of six members of a family at Sanrapada village under the Patnagarh police station in Balangir district. The duo were detained following family members of the deceased alleged that they were murdered.
Deceased Bulu Jani’s five sons reached Patnagarh on the day and lodged a complaint with police. As per the complaint, Bhola, Shiva, Saraju, Babla, and Suresh of the locality were at loggerheads with Bulu for the last one year.
The five were also threatening Bulu and his family members to kill them, alleged Bulu’s sons.
Notably, Bulu (50), his wife Jyoti (48), two daughters Sarita (14) and Shreya (3), and two sons Bhishma (5) and Sanjeev (2) were found dead in their house on Wednesday. It was suspected that they were murdered as the bodies bore injury marks.