Koraput, Mar 9: An auto-rickshaw driver was killed after an unknown vehicle hit his auto-rickshaw near Ranigada road under Sadar police limits in Koraput district today.
The deceased has been identified as Bhagaban Pujari, a resident of Balipetaguda.
According to the locals, Bhagaban was going to Koraput from his village in his auto-rickshaw when an unknown vehicle hit him near Kamaraguda this morning. Subsequently, he succumbed to the injuries on the spot.
On being informed the police reached the spot and launched a probe into the matter after sending the body for post-mortem.