A Junior Engineer (JE) committed suicide by hanging himself from a ceiling fan of his room in Daspalla of the district on Thursday. The deceased Debadatta Swain was working at the Daspalla electricity office.
He was staying along with technician Debendra Sahu at a rented house in front of the Barapurikia school.
Sahu had left the house for office at around 9 am on the day whereas Swain was getting ready for the workplace. But when Swain did not reach office by 11.30 am, his colleagues got worried and called him up on his mobile phone.
When there was no response, Sahu and other colleagues reached his room and knocked at the door that was locked from inside.
Later, Sahu informed the police following which they reached the spot and broke open the door. They found the body of Swain hanging from the ceiling fan.
A police official said Sahu’s mobile phone and some other belongings were seized and investigation was on into the case.