Overview
- Police identified the body on Wednesday as 34-year-old Prabhat Behera and found multiple injury marks near the Bhimpur canal embankment in Pahala.
- The victim’s family had filed a complaint alleging a feud with the Hyva truck owner and in a new FIR they accused the owner and his brother of murder.
- Officers have detained the truck owner and his brother for questioning and registered a formal murder case as investigators gather evidence.
- A special forensic team inspected the scene and the body was sent for post-mortem to establish cause and timing of the injuries.
- Relatives and villagers blocked Pahala road for more than two hours to demand swift arrests and lifted the protest after police assurances, raising local tensions around the probe.