After Odisha BJP leader’s murder, aide succumbs to injuries

Cuttack: Hours after the murder of Kulamani Baral, BJP’s Salepur in-charge and former Mahanga Block Chairman, his associate Dibya Singh Baral succumbed to injuries while undergoing treatment at the SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack, today.

Kulamani and Dibya Singh were critically injured after allegedly being attacked by some miscreants with sharp weapons near Jankoti in Cuttack district last evening when the duo was returning home on a motorcycle.

The victims were immediately taken in an ambulance to the Mahanga Community Health Centre, where doctor declared Kulamani brought dead while Dibya Singh was shifted to the SCB Medical College and Hospital.

Though the exact reason behind the attack was yet to be ascertained, it is suspected that the incident was a fallout of past enmity.