In yet another incident of the worsening law and order situation in State capital city Bhubaneswar, a youth was hacked to death in broad daylight at IRC village in the Nayapalli area by two miscreants on Saturday.
The deceased was identified as Tukuna Das, a resident of Salia Sahi in the city.
Police detained two brothers, Sagar Prusty and Sudhir Prusty, also residents of Salia Sahi in connection with the incident. It was ascertained that old enmity led to the murder.
Source said that it was locals who spotted Sagar and Sudhir attacking Tukuna in a pickup van on the road. Getting information, a PCR Van reached the spot, rescued Tukuna and shifted him to hospital by an ambulance. They also took the two brothers into custody.
But a mob which had gathered at the spot dragged the two brothers out of the police van and brutally assaulted them with plastic pipes critically injuring them as the cops watched helplessly.
Later, DCP Uma Shankar Dash and more police personnel rushed to the spot and rescued the two accused and took them to hospital. Commissioner of Police Sudhansu Sarangi said Tukuna and Sagar and Sudhir were neighbours at Salia Sahi. On Friday evening, they had a heated altercation over some matter.
However Tukuna, who has criminal records, again picked up a fight with the two brothers on Saturday.