Sons avenge father's death by chopping off 'murderer's fingers

Boudh: Four siblings of a family attacked and chopped off fingers and toes of a man for allegedly killing their father.

The spine chilling incident reported from Khamar village under Kantamal police limits of Boudh district has become the talk of the town.

According to sources, one Laxman Khamari of the village had allegedly killed Surendra Kheti of the same village over some land dispute in 2015. Khamari was later arrested in this connection and logged in jail. However, he returned from the jail on May 8 this year after being granted bail.

Burning with vengeance, six persons including four sons of Kheti allegedly attacked Khamari and chopped off his two fingers and toes with sharp weapons.

After getting information, a team of Kantamal police led by the IIC Naresh Pradhan reached the village to probe into the matter.