Irate villagers of Jauramunda in Sundargarh district on Monday gheraoed the Kutra police station over mysterious death of a youth from Maharashtra.
The protestors demanded the police for a thorough probe into the incident to ascertain whether it was a murder or suicide. They alleged that the police of not properly investigating the matter and suppressing the incident terming it ‘suicide’.
According to reports, an unidentified youth was found hanging from a tree at Pahadtoli village under Kutra Block on November 5. On receiving information, the Kutra police had reached the spot and sent the body for postmortem.
During preliminary investigation, the deceased was identified as Pabin Patil (20), a native to Maharashtra. Even as the police informed his family about the incident, nobody turned up to claim the body.
Finally, the police cremated the youth’s body in presence of the Magistrate 72 hours after keeping the body.
Meanwhile, the Kutra police have started reinvestigation into the incident and said the cause of death would be revealed after getting the postmortem report.