In an example of a property feud taking a most violent turn, a teacher was hacked to death in front of his wife in Jamupani village under the Gorumahisani police station of Mayurbhanj district on Monday evening.
The deceased was identified as Sukadev Marandi.
According to sources, the incident took place when Sukadev, who worked as a teacher in Jharkhand’s Dumuria area, was at his farmland with his wife.
Madan Murmu and Lal Mohan Murmu approached Sukadev and suddenly attacked him with a sharp weapon, killing him on spot. The deceased’s wife immediately rushed to the police station and lodged a complaint.
Acting on the complaint, police sent the body for postmortem and apprehended the two accused. The gruesome incident occurred due to a property dispute that was simmering between both the families since long, sources said.
