Sambalpur: Police have arrested six persons for allegedly murdering a history-sheeter near the Hirakud Substation under Hirakud police station limits in Sambalpur district on Monday evening.

The arrested persons were identified as Saini Behera (33), Pratap Behera (24), Jaynarayan Mishra (22), Raj Barik alias Gudu (22), Sridhara Prasad (25), and Samir Behera (21), all residents of the jurisdiction of Hirakud police station in Sambalpur district.

The deceased, identified as Kalu Bahadur (28) of Gandhi Nagar Para in Sambalpur, was attacked with sharp weapons by a group of six assailants while he and his friend Satya Ranjan Dhal were travelling on a motorcycle near the WESCO office around 7.10 pm.

According to the police, Bahadur died on the spot, while Dhal sustained serious injuries and

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