A dead body of a girl of Padasahi village in Ttikabali block was found floating in the Salunki river near the Narayani temple here on Monday.
The girl was identified as Tareni Chandra Nayak. Sources said that she was staying in her uncle's house at Masterpada and was studying at the Government College, Phulbani.
Locals after spotting the body informed police, who with the help of Fire Services personnel recovered the body from the river.
Police sent the body for postmortem and registered a case and started investigation.