A delivery boy was found dead under mysterious circumstances near the Biju Patnaik College under the Nayapalli police station in the city on Thursday morning. The reason behind the death of the youth was yet to be ascertained. But it is suspected that he was murdered. The deceased was a native of Jagatsinghpur district and residing in the Pandara area here.Some commuters first spotted the body lying in an abandoned house in the morning and called up police.While cops rushed to spot immediately and carried out the preliminary investigation, a woman claiming her to be wife of deceased later reached spot. The woman said victim went missing on Wednesday night and a frantic search by his family proved futile. While body has been rushed for postmortem, further investigation into case was ongoing.