Murder shock in Angul: A family killed in one night

ANGUL: In a gruesome incident, unidentified miscreants murdered three members of a family, including an eight-year-old boy, in cold blood and dumped their bodies kilometres apart sending shockwaves across the district on Tuesday. The heinous crime took place in Gambharmaliha village under Kishorenagar police station, about 60 km from Angul, late on Monday night.

The killers are believed to have made forceful entry into the house of Biranchi Naik (35) located at an isolated end of the village before wiping out the entire family in the dead of the night.
All the three members were found with their throats slit. Body of Biranchi’s wife Tarini was found near the house while the husband’s body was located by police at Topdala, nearly 40 km away. Further investigation led to detection of the son Naba’s body another 10 km away in a jungle.
Tarini was the second wife of Biranchi whose source of livelihood was agriculture.
Angul SP Brijesh Rai, who rushed to the village, said Biranchi was in possession of `1.75 lakh which he received from a group fund. The cash was missing from his house indicating that the miscreants had decamped with the money.

Though police found no weapon of offence, they have come across clues which are under verification, Rai said adding, it is too early to say if the killers were professionals.A special investigating team led by the Sub Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) of Athmallick has been formed to crack the case. The entire village has been cordoned off by the police.Sniffer dogs and scientific team were pressed into job. The SP said the culprits will be soon be in police net.