Youth stabbed to death over trivial issue in Sundargarh village

ROURKELA: A youth was stabbed to death over a trivial issue by a sibling duo at Ratanpur village within Sadar police limits of Sundargarh district on Monday.

While the victim was identified as Manoj Sa, the accused are Bijay Mahanandia and his brother Dolamani. Eyewitnesses said they saw Manoj entering the siblings’ house in the village at around 8 am. When Manoj came out, he was bleeding from his nose.

A local offered water to Manoj to clean his face and drink but right then the Mahanandia brothers came out and had an altercation with the victim on the road. Sources said the siblings then stabbed Manoj to death and fled.