Amidst ongoing lockdown in the city, body of a 20-year-old youth was found hanging from the branch of a tree in a forest cover behind Babhankheta village under Hansdiha police station area, 24 km from Dumka town on Wednesday morning.
The deceased was later identified as Rajkishor Mirdha.
The deceased had fair complexion and seemed to belong to a gentle family.
As the news spread, a police team reached the spot and got it down before sending it to the Dumka Medical College Hospital mortuary for post-mortem.
Officer-in-charge, Hansdiha police station, Amit Lakara said that they were investigating the incident and at present they could not say whether it is a case of suicide or a murder.
“We are yet to reach to a conclusion. From the inquest of the body we could not reach to a conclusion whether it is a case of suicide or a case of murder. Now only an autopsy report only can unfold the mystery behind the death of the Rajkishor,” said Mirdha.
The officer-in-charge said even if it is case of suicide which will come in the post-mortem report.