In a horrifying incident, a young man was burnt alive at Daagaon village under Balikuda police limits in Jagatsinghpur district of Odisha on Thursday for having an extra-marital affair with a married woman.
The deceased youth identified as Krusna Chandra Champatiraya (27) of Kanchanpur village under Chandapur police limits in Nayagarh district was working as a migrant labourer in Gujarat. Though he died yesterday, murder allegations over extra-marital affair with a married woman surfaced today.
After being informed, police rescued the youth and admitted him to district headquarters hospital where he succumbed to severe burn injuries while undergoing treatment today.
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While it is alleged that he was probably set on fire by miscreants, it is also suspected that the youth could have deliberately set himself on fire over failed love affair or family feud as a knife and name of a woman was found written with blood at the spot.
“He was in a love relationship with a married woman and used to meet her regularly. The woman’s relatives had called him to meet and later murdered him. We want a proper investigation into the incident,” alleged a kin of the deceased.
Meanwhile, police headed by Jagatsinghpur SDPO have begun a probe into the incident.
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