The dead body of a truck driver was found near Gunguti river in village Sanamahipur under the Badachana police station on Sunday morning.
It appeared that some people killed Birendra Satapathy of village Balia in Kendrapada district on Saturday night after looting the truck on National Highway 5.
The owner of the truck filed an FIR at the police station alleging that his driver had gone to Chadeehiguha on Saturday evening for loading of stone chips, but some persons on the way looted the truck and killed the driver.
On the way, the driver probably stopped to offer a lift to some people, who might have murdered them, the police said, adding that investigation into the case was on.