Kendrapara: An RTI activist, Ranjan Kumar Das, 35, was found dead on the roadside near Sinikata area of Beruan village under Marshaghai police limits in Kendrapara district on Saturday.
Villagers informed the police soon after spotting the body. On reaching the spot, Marshaghai police sent the body for postmortem. The cops also seized the deceased’s motorcycle from the spot, lying close to the body.
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Villagers staged a demonstration demanding a fair probe and early arrest of the culprit.
It is being suspected that Ranjan might have been killed in connection with his work of exposing irregularities in the execution of government schemes such as Pradhan Mantri Rojgar Yojana and Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana.
