Tension continued to prevail in the Ganjam district headquarters town of Chhatrapur on Thursday following the brutal murder of a young CPI leader, who was hacked to death by six persons on Wednesday night.
According to reports, Sakura Behera (30) was travelling by a bike with senior party leader Krushna Nayak after having a meeting with lawyer Adi Narayan at Basnapalli when they were intercepted by the assailants, who came by three bikes, near the Kali temple at Shanti Nagar.
As soon as Behera stopped, one of the attackers got down from his bike and placed a revolver on Behera’s head. Even as Krushna Nayak resisted the youth and prevented him from pressing the trigger, four other assailants hacked Behera with swords before fleeing the area.
Behera, who sustained deep wounds on his face and neck, was first rushed to the Chhatrapur Government hospital and then to MKCG Medical College Hospital in Brahmapur, where the doctors pronounced him ‘brought dead’.
Following information, police rushed to the spot and started a manhunt to nab the criminals. Till reports last came in, none of the accused has been arrested despite a series of raids by the police.
The local MlA, in his complaint with the police, has mentioned the names of two accused as Mohan Das of Kumarbegpalli and Jagan Reddy of Badareddika Sahi of Chhatrapur.