Mystery shrouded the death of a schoolteacher, whose mutilated body was recovered from near a pond at Palunipada village under the Riamala police station in the district late on Thursday night.
The deceased was identified as Asutosh Patel (36).
Reports said Asutosh was a teacher at the Palunipada UP School and was into fish farming in his pond. Like every day, he went to the pond on Thursday evening but did not return home. While searching for him, his family members first spotted his sandal floating in the pond and a towel containing fishes. Later, they found Asutosh’s mutilated body lying on the pond side.
On receiving information, police reached the spot, sent the body for post mortem and began an investigation into the incident. While the exact reason behind the death is yet to be ascertained, police suspect that someone stoned him to death.