Digapahandi: A man stabbed his brother-in-law to death at Gouda Sahi of Bada Dumbula village under Digapahandi block in Ganjam district, Saturday.
The deceased has been identified as Kuna Maharana and the accused as Jagannath Maharana alias Jaga.
According to a source, Kuna and Jaga attended the funeral feast of their father-in-law in the village. While the feast was in progress, Kuna and Jaga entered into a verbal duel over a loan amount. The scene turned ugly when Jaga lost his coll and attacked Kuna with a knife. Kuna was rescued and immediately rushed to Digapahandi CHC. While undergoing treatment, he breathed his last.
On being informed, a team from Digapahandi police station reached the spot, sent the body to MKCG Medical College and Hospital for post mortem and detained Jaga. The cops also seized the blood stained weapon, a bike and Jaga’s mobile phone.
According to investigating officer Basant Kumar Sethy, Kuna, a native of Bhuduki village, worked as a mason and was staying with his wife at Chanchadapali village under Digapahandi police limits. His brother-in-law Jaga, also a native of Bhuduki village, was staying at Dudurapada village under Patapur police limits. Both Jaga and Kuna visited to Bada Dumbula village to attend their father-in-law’s funeral feast.
Jaga had given Rs 1.80 lakh to Kuna at the time of the latter’s marriage. Then Kuna had promised to repay the loan amount soon.
While the funeral feast was underway, Jaga asked Kuna to repay the loan amount. Jaga lost his cool when Kuna refused to repay the money. He stabbed Kuna with a knife multiple times, leading to bleeding profusely.
In this regard, a case (Case No-120/21) was registered and a detailed probe is underway.
PNN