Chatrapur, Sept 10: A worker of the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) was brutally murdered and his body was later thrown off a bridge in Seragad Tehsil of Odisha’s Ganjam district.
The deceased worker has been identified as Madhusudan Bisoi.
As per reports, around three to four miscreants intercepted Madhusudan at Nandini Setu in Seragad while he was returning home own in Kumarapani village. Thereafter, they attacked him with swords and plastic pipes and later threw him off the bridge before fleeing from the spot.
Some local people rescued Madhusudan and rushed him to a nearby hospital, where he was declared dead by the doctors.
Though the exact motive behind the ruthless killing is yet to be ascertained, it is suspected that Madhusudan might have been killed over some political rivalry as it was learnt that the deceased had some dispute during the last panchayat elections.
Upon being alerted, police arrived at the spot and took stock of the situation. The cops also seized the body of the deceased and sent it for post-mortem.
A probe has been launched into the matter and efforts are on to trace the culprits involved, said the police.
