Man killed in Berhampur City on Holi Celebration

Manoj Kanta Dash, Odishabarta

Berhampur : Holi the festivals of Colours. A  man was killed in city on Saturday.

During the Holi celebration. Accidentaly the incident took place at Lanjipalli, Chanakyanagar in Berhampur which comes under Baidyanathpur police limit. The deceased has been identified as T Ramachandra Patra,a native of the Lanjipali village. Police sources said,  the festivity of Holi was going on in the area in afternoon. Meanwhile, a youth barged into the contractor’s house and stabbed him all of a sudden. He was rescued by the locals from a pool of blood and rushed to the MKCG MCH for resuscitation.

However,Ram Patra, succumbed to his injuries during treatment.

On being informed, police rushed to the spot to nab the miscreant but in vain.The body was seized and sent for postmortem. Manhunts are underway to nab the miscreant.

While speaking to the S.P,Berhampur Dr. Sarvan Vivek,M. he said that, The Deceased was having drinks with his friends. Accused came there and had drinks with them. While drinking deceased and accused argued over petty issue and deceased slapped accused twice. Accused apologised and went off.  After sometime, accused came with his knife and stabbed deceased.

 Till now, my investigation so far details awaits from police station. I am thankful to my B.N Pur police station staff members because as they act promptly to nab the miscreant He added.