A youth was burnt alive by unidentified miscreants over past enmity at Kadalimunda village under the Handapa police station in Angul district on Tuesday evening.
The deceased was identified as Raj Kishore Pradhan (25) of the village.
A villager said the miscreants poured petrol on Raj Kishore and set him on fire. Though he screamed for help, no one dared to come to his rescue.After receiving information, police reached the spot and sent the body for postmortem. Investigation into the matter was on.