Viral sex video and murder: Odisha youth stabbed, burnt alive

Bhubaneswar: The postmortem report of youth, whose charred body was recovered from Kuakhai Riverbed on outskirts of the city, revealed that he was stabbed with knife and he was burnt alive.

Media reports said that the youth identified as Unmay Padhi was hit on his head and stabbed with knife before being burnt alive.

Police suspected that more than one person were involved in the gruesome murder case.

The body was sent for the autopsy to ascertain the cause of death of the youth after recovering it from Kuakhai Riverbed on March 21.

Police launched investigation into the murder of Unmay, who was reportedly linked to viral sex video featuring him with a woman.

Police detained three persons including the woman victim and her boyfriend identified as Siddharth Parida for interrogation in connection with murder of Unmay.

Sources said that some locals had spotted a woman and a red car near the murder site. A pair of shoes reportedly belonging to a woman was also recovered from the spot.

Reports suggest that Unmay was killed brutally by the professional killers over multiple viral sex videos surfaced on WhatsApp.

Notably, the obscene video had gone viral on social media a year ago in which Unmay and a girl from Chandbali area of Bhadrak district were seen together. On complaints of the girl, Unmay was arrested by Kharavela Nagar police.

Unmay was working with a private educational institute here where the girl was also working. Later on, the duo developed physical relationship.