The Baleswar police have begun investigation into a case of the death of a girl student, whose body was found floating in a pond at Jamjhadi on Thursday.
The deceased Ranjulata Nayak (20) was a Plus-III first year History Honours student of the Tihidi College of Bhadrak. Police found a purse, shoes and personal belongings of hers.
It was suspected that she was strangled to death. She was missing since the Mahashivratri on Tuesday. She had come to see the Mahashivratri fair in Baleswar along with her friends, but there was no trace of hers since then.