Bhubaneswar: A barbaric incident has come to the fore in Mayurbhanj district where three persons of a family were allegedly murdered last night.

According to reports, the ghastly incident has occurred in Tadakishol village under Baripada Sadar police limits. The deceased were identified as a man, his wife and a woman friend of wife.

While the body of the man was found hanging from a tree in the backward of his house, bodies of the two were found in a pool of blood inside a house.

The Sadar police have reached the spot and started investigations.