A man was found dead with his throat slit in his rented house in Unit-IV under the Kharavel police station on Saturday morning.
The deceased was identified as Gopal Maharana of Chandbali in Bhadrak district, who used to work as a carpenter. The incident came to light at around 8.30 am after another labourer from Salia Sahi here went to Gopal’s house and found him lying on the floor.
“When we heard the labourer scream, 20 of us rushed to see what happened. The body of Gopal was lying on the floor. There were injury marks on the body while his throat, palm and stomach had deep cuts. There was also a sharp weapon close to his body which we suspect is the murder weapon,” said one of his relative’s.
Getting information, police rushed to the spot, recovered the body and began investigation into the incident.
“We found injury marks in his body. We have also called the forensic team.
The body has been sent for post-mortem and we can only reveal anything after getting the report,” said city DCP Satyabrata Bhoi. The broad daylight crime in a bustling area like Unit-IV has sent shockwaves among city residents.