Monday, July 15, 2013

LAND ROW TAKES BLOODY TURN; 5 OF A FAMILY KILLED IN B’NGIR Monday, 15 July 2013 | PNS | BALANGIR | in Bhubaneswar

LAND ROW TAKES BLOODY TURN; 5 OF A FAMILY KILLED IN B’NGIR
Monday, 15 July 2013 | PNS | BALANGIR | in Bhubaneswar
In a heartrending incident, five members of a family were killed and four others got seriously injured in a clash between two tribal families over a land row in Balangir district on Sunday.
The clash occurred between family members of Ramel Thappa and Sankheswar Majhi at Thapapalli near here under Balangir Sadar police station area. The deceased were identified as Ramel Thappa and his four sons- Jagdish, Kapil, Purna and Madras.
The opponents used sticks and sharp weapons, besides agriculture implements for killing the five, Balangir Sadar IIC Pradeep Jena said and added that four persons belonging to Majhi family were injured in the incident.
Balangir Sadar SDPO Narayan Nayak said four persons — Sankheswar Majhi, his brother Sadashiv Majhi and two sons Biswanath Majhi and Kandha Majhi were arrested before being referred to the hospital.
Five women members of the family were also detained for interrogation, he said. Thappa family had a long standing enmity with his neighbour Majhi family over ownership and cultivation on a grazing land which ended up with the bloody incident, sources said. The enmity came to the fore when one Ekadasi Majhi of Majhi family was killed after being attacked by Thappa family last year.
The collective anger of Majhi family turned ugly when the Thappa family reached the disputed land for cultivation. To take revenge of the previous animosity, the Majhis attacked their rivals and subsequently killed them on the spot. The bodies were sent for autopsy. Senior police officials rushed to the spot and a probe was in progress, IIC Jena said. 


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