A man was found murdered with his throat slit in a hotel room near Ashok Nagar here on Tuesday night.
The deceased was identified as Gourishankar Tanti (25) of the Baunsuni area of Boudh district. The accused, a cousin of the deceased, has been arrested.
Police conducted the postmortem of the body at the Capital Hospital on Wednesday and seized a knife from the accused. A scientific team with the forensic officials has been engaged in the investigation.
The accused, Saroj Bhabsagar (28), is behaving in an abnormal manner. He seems to be mentally retarded, police said. So, it is difficult to extract any information from him, they added. Police said Saroj was in an inebriated condition before committing the crime. Police found the hotel furniture broken in the room.