Balangir: An alleged love triangle led to the killing of a youth in Odisha’s Balangir district, recently.
Police have apprehended two persons, including the childhood friend of the deceased identified as Kunja Majhi, a resident of Dumerchuan village in Kantabanji area of the district.
According to police sources, Kunja was beaten to death with an iron rod by his childhood friend Satya Nag and his associate Shankar Gharsel on June 20 night following a dispute which stemmed from a phone call. Satya used to talk to his girlfriend of two years using Kunja’s mobile phone. Later he came to know that Kunja had also started talking to his girlfriend without his knowledge. Following which, he warned him to stay away from his girlfriend. When Kunja refused to pay heed to his warning, Satya plotted to eliminate him.
On June 20 night, Satya asked Kunja to come to a nearby deserted place, where he along with his friend Shankar beat him to death. They then stuffed the body in a gunny bag and threw it inside a well of an old cement factory near the village, according to Additional SP, Balangir, Alok Jena.
The matter came to the fore on June 29 when locals found the gunny bag inside the deserted well and alerted police, who then recovered the body and started an investigation. The missing complaint filed by Kunja’s family members helped the police to identify the body. Police then examined his call record and arrested Satya and Shankar.
The mobile phone of the deceased, the murder weapon and other material were seized from the spot. “If required, we will bring the woman into our investigation purview,” the additional SP told media persons.
“They called my son to the forest and killed him there. I want justice over the matter. The culprits should be hanged till death,” said the deceased’s mother, Chukti Majhi.
