Bhubaneswar, April 11 -- A builder was allegedly beaten to death by miscreants in the Odisha capital here today.

The deceased has been identified as Sasmit Biswal (48) of Bhimpur area under Airport police limits.

Sasmit's body was found from Pradhan Sahi in the city. It is suspected that Sasmit was killed over land dispute.

On being informed, police reached the spot and seized the body before sending it to the Capital Hospital.

The cops have launched a probe into the incident. The postmortem of the body will be done tomorrow.

It is learnt that Sasmit had purchased a piece of land at Jamukoli area of Pradhan Sahi some days ago.

However, some locals did not allow Sasmit to take possession of the land. Both sides were in a tussle over ...