Malkangiri: A villager died while trying to look for his cattle herd in Malkangiri district on Sunday morning. The deceased has been identified as Ramchandra Madhi. He has sustained injury marks on his body.
As per forest officials, villagers of Jharapali village had gone to look for their cattle when they met with an accident and fell down from a hillock. While Ramchandra died, another Singa Majhi was injured.
It was earlier reported that he died while hunting porcupines inside a cave. The exact reason behind the death is yet to be ascertained.
Majhi is currently undergoing treatment at District Headquarter Hospital (DHH) and Ramchandra’s body has been recovered for post-mortem.