Police exhume man’s body after wife alleges murder

CUTTACK: A day after an auto-driver allegedly died by suicide on the railway tracks at Baranga, the case has taken a twist with his wife accusing her brother-in-law of murdering him.

Baranga police on Wednesday exhumed the body of Rajanikanta Behera of Pathargadia village under Chandaka police limits which was buried by the brother-in-law Kalia Samal in one side of Puri main canal embankment, and also detained the latter in the case.

The deceased’s wife Pramila lodged a complaint alleging her husband was killed and then buried at the place by Kalia. Pramila is the second wife of Rajani and Kalia is her sister’s husband.