Keonjhar: A former sarpanch was killed in a dispute over excavation of sand from the river bed in Odisha`s Keonjhar district Monday, police sources said.
Former sarpanch of Samana gram panchayat, Baishan Charan Biswal, was hacked to death by a group, at Hatadihi under Nandipada police station, Superintendent of Police, Asis Singh said. The killing led to a road blockade and violence with Biswal`s supporters setting ablaze a mobile tower and a few motorbikes as shops and business establishments downed shutters. Senior officials rushed to the spot and the armed police were deployed in the town, the sources said.
PTI