Balasore, Jan 28: Today morning, three of a family, a woman and her son, daughter and their relative’s son were murdered at Paganai village under Jayadebakasaba police outpost here. The deceased have been identified as Pratibha Mandal, her son Sujan Mandal and daughter Suman Mandal. It’s stated that the assailants killed Pratibha, her children and son of their relative with a sharp weapon. After killing the four, the miscreants beheaded Pratibha and threw her head 100 metre away from her house. Besides, they also blank fired one round of bullet at the spot. Being informed about the incident, Balasore SP Niti Sekhar, SDPO Amaresh Panda and Sadar police station officer in-charge Dayanadhi Das along with scientific team and dog squad rushed to the spot and started an investigation into the brutal murder. Police has seized one sword, one chopper and a lathi from the spot. Though the exact reason behind the murder is unknown, police and relatives of the deceased suspect land dispute as the reason behind the brutal killing.
