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A man on Sunday was hacked to death in his sleep in a shocking act of violence in Masunihata village under Kaniha block of Angul district in Odisha. The deceased, identified as Babaji Nayak, was allegedly attacked by Bibhuti Nayak, the husband of a woman the former was suspected to have had a love affair with.

According to reports, Babaji was resting in his house on Saturday night when the accused entered and hacked him with a machete. Family members rushed him to a nearby hospital in critical condition, but doctors declared him dead on arrival.

The accused, Bibhuti Nayak, was reportedly driven by jealousy and suspicion of an ex...