Mystery shrouded the death of a woman and a man whose bodies were found stuffed in a sack at the Baitarani river bank under the Baria police station in Keonjhar district on Saturday.
Police were yet to ascertain the identities of the deceased persons.
According to reports, locals had informed the police after they spotted the two highly-decomposed bodies floating in water on the riverbank since past two days. Police reached the spot and recovered the bodies.
A probe has been initiated to ascertain the identities of the two deceased persons and the circumstances leading to their death.
However, locals suspected that the man and the woman had been murdered and later their bodies were dumped in the river.