A body of a man was found hanging at a temple in the Talcher area of Angul district on Monday. The deceased was identified as Kalia Behera of nearby Ekadala village.
According to reports, the temple priest spotted the body hanging from with a rope tied to a bell when he came to the temple in the morning.
On being informed by villagers, the Talcher police reached the spot, recovered the body for postmortem and started investigation.
Though the reason behind the death was yet to be ascertained, it was suspected that Behera was murdered and his body was later hanged at the temple.