A woman, her husband and two children, a minor daughter and son, sustained critical injuries when they were attacked and thrashed by their neighbours at Harirajpur village under the Delang police limits in Puri district on Monday.
As per a complaint lodged by Kabita Pradhan of the village with police, thirteen of her neighbours scaled the boundary wall of her house in the morning and launched a murderous attack on the victims with billhooks, water supply pipes and iron rods. As her daughter recorded the incident on a mobile phone, the assailants snatched away it from her, Kabita said in the FIR. The woman has further alleged that the attackers are trying to acquire her properties after killing her.
Police have started an investigation into the incident. Till last reports came in, no one was arrested in the case.