Cuttack: The murder of a 28-year-old man in Jagatpur police station limits, two days before his scheduled marriage, has baffled police. The police are desperately hunting in the dark for some leads.

One team has left for Mayurbhanj, while another team is digging into the antecedents of the deceased at Choudwar to get links for the revenge angle of the murder.

The police had formed two teams to conduct the probe into the killing of Nirjara Behera, whose body was found under mysterious circumstances near Birupa bridge on Monday morning.

The formation of the two teams were necessitated as the deceased was a resident of Kapileswar in Choudwar police station area and his body was found near Birupa bridge which falls in Jagatpur police station limits,

Two assistant sub-inspectors from the two police stations are leading the team, while assistant police commissioner Trinath Mishra is monitoring the probe.

However, deputy police commissioner Akhileswar Singh said: "We are investigating all angles. We hope to be able to nab the culprits soon."

Nirjara was hacked to death and his body was found with multiple injury marks. Jagatpur police had registered a case after father of the deceased, Kamal Kumar Behera, lodged a complaint alleging that it was a pre-planned murder.

Nirjara had gone out in a hurry after receiving a call on his cell phone around 9.30pm on Sunday. But he did not return home, his father had stated in his complaint.

Nirjara was working as a manager-cum-accountant in a private school in Bhuban-eswar.

His marriage was to be solemnised in two days. The bride was also from Mandapada in Choudwar police station area.

Jagatpur police are looking into the possibilities associated with the fatal attack, while Choudwar police are looking into antecedents of the deceased. A team has already questioned the members of the bride's family, office colleagues and his family members.

The police suspect that the deceased was called out of the house on some pretext and later some scores were settled by liquidating him.

In another development, a police team also rushed to Mayurbhanj after the call following which the deceased had left his house on Sunday night was traced to a number registered in the name of a person of Mayurbhanj area.