A blood-soaked body of a man was found in a shop near NH-16 at Panikoili Chhak under the Panikoili police station in Jajpur district on Sunday. The deceased was identified as one Rabindra Sahu.
Though the reason behind Sahu’s death was yet to be established, police suspected that he was murdered as the shop was found locked from outside.The Panikoili police started investigation into the incident after registering a murder case in this connection.
Police sources said that the deceased had earlier been arrested and sent to jail for thrashing his wife and was released from jail a few days ago.