An elderly man was found hanging from a tree in a forest near Ghatikia on the outskirts of the capital city on Monday. The deceased was identified as Budhia Gouda (65), a resident of Godam Sahi in the Baramunda area here.
Sources said that some locals first spotted the body hanging from the tree and called up police. Soon after, the cops reached the spot, recovered the body and sent it to hospital for postmortem.
Though the exact reason behind the death was yet to be established, family feud was suspected to have led to the incident. A local said that Budhia had an argument with his family members on Sunday night, following which he walked out of the house out of frustration.
However, an investigation was underway in connection with the incident.