A youth of Sundargarh has been missing for the last ten daysand his family members are apprehensive that he might have beenkilled.
Sources said Dipak Oram (24), a resident of Junadih village under Sadar police station in Sundargarh, works at Gaya. Dipak had come to his home in Sundagarh a few days back. On August 12, Dipak along with four other people of same village had gone to Abanikela village to bring a new boat. On August 13, the four people accompanying Dipak had returned back home with a new boat, while they had no clue about Dipak.
According to sources, boat owner Gati Tiga after reaching at his village along with three other people had returned shirt and mobile phone of Dipak to his family members but could not tell anything about Dipak. All he told was that after taking liquor, Dipak had gone somewhere and he had not returned with them.
The family members of Dipak made a frantic search for Dipak but could not trace him. On August 16, Dipak’s brother lodged an FIR in Sadar police station. On interrogating Gati Tiga, police knew that Dipak had fallen from boat while ferrying the Ib river and had drowned.
The Sadar police and fire brigade started a search operation, but could not get the body of Dipak. The family members of Dipak are now suspecting that Dipak might have been killed by those four people who had gone with him to bring the boat and after killing him, might have thrown him inside the river.