Burglars strike home of family mourning death in Odisha’s Angul
ANGUL: An Angul family mourning the death of a loved one was struck with another blow as burglars broke into their house and assaulted them before decamping with Rs 1.32 lakh and gold ornaments on Monday night.
Police sources said 50-year-old Bijay Kumar Sahoo of Laxmipriyapur village in Handapa area was driving his tractor at Badkera when he accidentally fell down and suffered serious injuries. Sahoo, a businessman by profession, was rushed to the nearby Chhendipada primary health centre where he breathed his last.
Hearing the news of Sahoo’s death, family members rushed to the hospital but had to return home in the evening as postmortem was delayed. In the night, family members along with some neighbours were grieving when 10 armed miscreants broke into the house at around 11 pm.
