Kendrapada, July 6 -- A 45-year-old grocery shopkeeper was allegedly beaten to death by his nephew and the latter's father following a family dispute, triggering protests by villagers who gheraoed a police station in Odisha's Kendrapada district on Monday, demanding the immediate arrest of the accused.
The deceased has been identified as Sashikanta Dash of Naranapada village under the Chandol police outpost in Kendrapada Sadar.
According to Kendrapada Superintendent of Police Siddharth Kataria, the incident took place on Sunday night following an altercation between Sashikanta's second wife, Sanghamitra Dash, and her nephew, Niladri Dash.
In her FIR, Sanghamitra alleged that Niladri Dash and his father, Pradipta Kumar Dash, came to their...