In a gruesome incident, a woman schoolteacher was lynched to death by unidentified miscreants in broad daylight at Rachhipur village under the Jajpur Road police limits on Thursday.
The deceased was Jogamaya Jena, a resident of Natapada.
When Jogamaya was returning home from school with her colleague Mohini Mohan Muduli, the miscreant brutally attacked them with sharp weapons near Rachhipur Square. While Jogamaya died on the spot, Muduli suffered critical injuries and was rushed to a nearby hospital. After his condition deteriorated he was shifted to the SCB Medical College Hospital in Cuttack.
However, the reason behind the murder was yet to be ascertained. Police launched a manhunt to nab the absconding accused.