The city police on Monday retrieved the body of a girl from the Mahanadi near the Deer Park here. The local Cantonment police said the girl in her late 20s is a native of nearby Tulasipur Bandha Sahi, who went missing from her house late on Sunday night.
“Preliminary investigations suggest the cause of her death is drowning,” said Cantonment police Inspector Biswajit Mohanty, adding that there was no injury mark seen on her body.
Quoting the girl’s father, the police said the girl was very disturbed for past several months after her marriage negotiations with a local boy did not progress. She had earlier made an unsuccessful attempt to commit suicide, the police added.