A skeleton and a skull of a male person were recovered from an abandoned room in a closed factory premises here on Wednesday.
A scientific team alongwith police officials conducted necessary examination during recovery of skeleton and skull which were sent to Sambalpur on Thursday for testing.
According to sources, one Smita Patel lodged an FIR at the Raghunathpalli police station on Tuesday evening mentioning that their factory namely Pipe Products, situated at
Industrial Estate, Rourkela, was not functioning since 2008 and the concerned rooms of factory were given on rent but after December, 2017, the factory was totally closed. To restart the factory, they applied for electric connection, which had been disconnected.
However, during cleaning of bushes inside factory premises on Monday afternoon, one skeleton and a skull of a person were noticed in one abandoned room having head and other body parts separated. One rope was hanging from the beam of the roof and she suspected that someone committed suicide by hanging after entering the premises.
Acting on the FIR, a team of police of Raghunathpalli police stationled by IIC BK Bihari along with a scientific team led by RFSL Assistant Director SK Nanda went to the closed factory on Wednesday morning.
During investigation inside the abandoned room, they noticed besides the skeleton, a jean pant and shirt lying on the floor in the room. The skeleton and the skull were recovered in the presence of Executive Magistrate BBNaik and DSP JyotirmayeeBhukta and other police officials. A blanket, a pillow and bed-sheet were also recovered from the room.
Police suspect the deceased might have entered the premises seeing the factory closed and might have stayed in that room and later might have committed suicide more than six months back.