A youth, who had gone missing for 21 days, was found dead in a drain near Tangana village under Tarasingi police limits in Ganjam district on Tuesday. He was identified as Mithun Sahu (23) of village. Mithun went missing on December 2 after going outside his home with his friends. His father lodged a police complaint in this connection.
Police on Tuesday recovered his body in a decomposed state from drain.Though reason behind death was yet to be ascertained, it was suspected that Mithun was murdered.
Police sent body for postmortem while further investigation was underway. As many as four friends of Mithun have been detained by police for questioning.