A youth was found hanging in a rented house in the New Forest Park area under the Airport police station in Bhubaneswar on Saturday.
The deceased was identified as Jyoti Ranjan Sahu of Khordha district. He was a Plus Three student of the Malipada College.
Police have sent the body for post-mortem and initiated an investigation into the incident after registering an unnatural death case.
Though the reason behind the death was yet to be ascertained, Jyoti’s family members alleged that he was murdered and the body was hanged as his hands were found tied. Besides, a cloth was tied around his face.
Jyoti was residing in the house for the last three months and working there. Owner of the house suspected foul play as the deceased didn’t open the door of his room despite repeated knocking.
Getting informed by the house owner, police reached the spot and broke open the door to find the youth hanging.