Bhubaneswar, March 5 -- A 22-year-old man was arrested for allegedly murdering his parents and sister over a land dispute in Jagatsinghpur district of Odisha, police said on Tuesday.
Jagatsinghpur superintendent of police (SP) Bhabani Shankar Udgata said, "A preliminary investigation suggests Suryakanta Sethi, 22, killed his father Prashant Sethi, 65, mother Kanaklata Sethi, 62, and sister Rojalin Sethi, 25, after a heated argument over distribution of land among the accused and two of his siblings, and felling of sal trees in their property. He informed his neighbours after the murder before fleeing the spot. However, he was arrested later."
"During interrogation, he confessed to have bludgeoned his family member with an iron rod in thei...