Overview
- A quarrel over work on an ancestral house in Baradanga, Kendrapara, led to the fatal assault of homoeopathic doctor Golakh Chandra Nauri, according to police.
- Officers arrested his elder brother, Abhaya Chandra Nauri, along with Abhaya’s daughter Kandhei and daughter-in-law Jasmini on suspicion of murder.
- A fourth suspect, Jitendra Nauri, is on the run as Mahakalapada police carry out raids to find him.
- Police said a wooden plank was used in the attack, and locals alleged the assailants punched the victim and pressed his neck before he collapsed and was later declared dead at the district hospital.
- Investigators registered a case under Section 103 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, and they are working to pin down the sequence of events and each person’s role.