Builder murdered in Bhubaneswar allegedly over land dispute
Some unidentified miscreants killed a in Sundarpada area of Bhubaneswar allegedly over land dispute when he had reportedly gone to visit a plot on Friday.
Bhubaneswar: A builder was murdered in Sundarpada area under the Airfield police station limits area of the State Capital City Bhubaneswar allegedly over land dispute today.
The deceased builder identified as Sasmit Biswal reportedly lives in Bhimpur locality of Airfield police station limits. He owns a plot of land near Pradhan Sahi in Botanda of Jamukoli area. However, there was some dispute between Sasmit Biswal and some local people over possession of the land.
Biswal had gone to the disputed land today with a black colour scooty bearing registration No OD 33A R4388. However, he did not return home even after several hours.
Later, Biswal’s body was recovered under mysterious circumstances from a field in Bhimpur. His two-wheeler was also found near his dead boy.
On being informed, a team of cops from the Airfield police station started an investigation into the matter by sending Biswal’s body to the Capital Hospital for postmortem.
A case has been registered vide Airfield PS case number 105 Dt. 11.04.25 U/s- 103(1)/103(2)/61(2) BNS base on the complaint of one Debadutta Mohanty, the brother of deceased Sasmit Biswal. In the complaint, he has named a total of 7 accused persons. However, police has detained a man for interrogation over the crime.
Meanwhile, speaking about the motive of the murder, police said that the prima facia revealed that land dispute with the previous partner is the motive of the murder. Both deceased Sasmit Biswal and FIR named accused Tulu Mohanty of Padhansahi were partner in Land dealing in Padhansahi mouza areas. Subsequently, there was land dispute in between deceased and Tulu Mohanty. This led to this incident today.
