Bhubaneswar: Two youths stabbed to death during Holi celebrations

Bhubaneswar: Holi turned tragic for two families in Bhubaneswar, as two youths were brutally killed during the celebrations on Saturday.

 According to sources, a youth, identified as Gopi Guli, was stabbed to death at Shantipalli slum near Saheed Nagar amid the holi festivity.

In another gruesome case, one identified as Anshuman Pati was stabbed to death in the Sameigadia area under the Mancheswar police limits.

Sources said Guli had some previous enmity with some of his friends. Today an altercation took place during colour exchange that turned violent wherein miscreants stabbed him to death.

Guli’s wife also sustained serious injuries in the attack as she tried to save her husband.

Similarly, Pati was chased by the miscreants and stabbed to death on the street in the Saheednagar area during the Holi celebrations.

Police seized the bodies from the crimespot, sent them for postmortem and initiated manhunts to nab the miscreants.