By Our Correspondent
PURI/BHUBANESWAR: Krushna Chandra Pratihari, who was among six persons acquitted in the murder of former BJD councillor and Srimandir servitor Taluchha Bhagaban Mohapatra aka Guna Singhari in August 2012, was allegedly shot dead by unidentified miscreants at Barabati Jaga in the pilgrimage city on Wednesday.
Krushna Chandra was , a servitor of the Shree Jagannath Temple in Odisha’s Puri, also was the Secretary of Suar Mahasuar Nijog and a former member of the Shree Jagannath Temple Managing Committee.
According to reports, the miscreants opened fire at Pratihari and fled the spot. He sustained bullet injuries on his head and was later rushed to the Puri District Headquarters Hospital, where he was declared brought dead.
The body has been sent for post-mortem.Though the reason behind the firing was yet to be ascertained, it is suspected that the incident is a fallout of past enmity. Police have started an investigation into the incident and efforts were on to identify and nab the killers.
“The actual motive behind the murder is being ascertained, and efforts are on to nab the assailants,” said Puri SP Kanwar Vishal Singh.
In another incident , a youth allegedly hacked his mother to death at Subhadranagar under Marine police station limits in Puri district on Wednesday. The accused has been identified as Bishnu Prasad Dikhit.
