In a sensational incident, three employees of a poultry unit were hacked to death by unidentified assailants in a poultry farm located in Gidhouri on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday.
Another employee was injured in the attack that took place in Indian Broiler Group farm, Superintendent of Police, Baloda Bazaar, Abhishek Shandliya told The Pioneer.
The injured has been shifted to Raipur for better treatment, Sub Divisional of Police (Bilaigarh) TS Khwaja informed.
The deceased identified as Vinay Kanojai, Sameer Khan and Shravan Chouhan, were first seen by a worker who had reached to serve tea on Friday morning. The worker saw all three of them lying in a pool of blood after which police was informed, SDOP Khawaja, said.
The injured worker identified as Rajesh Sahu was rushed to the district hospital and after primary treatment, he was shifted to Raipur for better medical assistance,” the SDOP, said, adding Prima-facie it seems they were brutally killed with some sharp edged weapon.
The condition of Rajesh Sahu is out of danger and we will soon take his statement which will then clear the picture, he maintained.
Police have sent the bodies for post-mortem and are waiting for reports. After being informed about the incident, Superintendent of Police (SP) Abhishek Shandilya accompanied by investigators rushed to the spot to undertake crime scene investigation.
Meanwhile, police have registered an offence under relevant sections of Indian Penal Code (IPC) and have started investigation.
The SDOP further said that tensed situation was created after bodies were found and relatives of deceased along with locals gathered in the Gihouri and staged a protest.