The deceased identified as Bedu Majhi of Kukel village under Langigarh police station succumbed to the multiple injuries he had sustained the previous night in the village yesterday, they said.
The villagers alleged that Majhi was responsible for the death of at least four persons and a few cattle in the village last year. They suspected that whatever bad was happening in the village was due to the sorcery practised by Majhi, the sources said.
A few months ago, Majhi and his disciples were asked to leave the village after which he was staying in another nearby village.
However, on Thursday night Majhi was summoned by the villagers for a meeting to sort out the matter. In the midst of the meeting a few youths of the village allegedly assaulted him inflicting multiple injuries.
Majhi succumbed to the grievous wounds yesterday, they said, adding, 13 youths of the village were rounded up for interrogation and investigation into the incident was continuing.