SUNDARGARH: A Home Guard, identified as Nabin Chandra Mahakud (59), was hacked to death on Sunday afternoon following a quarrel over distribution of meat of a sacrificial goat.
Local samiti member and Sundargarh district Biju Yuva Janata Dal (BYJD) president Debendra Majhi said a group of villagers, including the victim, had performed a ritual to seek good harvest and a goat was sacrificed as per practice. Following the sacrifice of the animal, four to five villagers picked up a quarrel with the Home Guard and hacked him using a sharp weapon. He said it is suspected that the quarrel had taken place over distribution of meat.
In the evening, Talsara police, accompanied by forensic science team, reached the crime spot, about 125 km from Rourkela, in Balishankar block of Sundargarh district for investigation.