SAMBALPUR: Two local BJP functionaries were killed and two others injured after a speeding tipper truck rear-ended their car thrice on NH-53 in Odisha's Sambalpur early Sunday, raising suspicions of a pre-planned murder . "Police are probing whether it was an accident or a pre-planned murder," said Sambalpur SP Mukesh Bhamoo. The deceased - Debendra Nayak, BJP's mandal president of Goshala, and Muralidhar Chhuria, a party member - were returning with four others from Bhubaneswar after meeting former BJP MLA Nauri Nayak when the accident occurred around 1.
30 am. The truck first hit their car from behind and then again 100 metres ahead. The victims tried to divert onto a village road, but the truck followed and hit them once more, overturning the car.
The truck driver has been detained, and the vehicle, which was carrying fly ash, has been seized. Injured passengers alleged that the truck deliberately rammed their car multiple times. One of the injured said, "The way the truck hit the car three times clearly points to a pre-planned murder.
We expect police to conduct a fair investigation.".
