A 30-year-old youth, Sujit Das, of Bandhakata village in Kendrapada district committed suicide by hanging himself from a ceiling fan in his rented house at Kajala village under the Kendrapada Town police station on Friday.
The police rushed to the spot and sent the dead body to the District Headquarters Hospital (DHH) for autopsy. The reason behind the suicide is yet to be ascertained, said Kendrapada Town police station IIC Sanjeev Mohanty. On the other hand, the deceased’s family alleged that it was a case of pre-planned murder and the accused hanged Sujit after killing him to give it a suicide look.
In another incident, an unidentified youth’s body was found hanging from a tree at Badasaradeipur village under the Nikirai police station on Friday. The age of the deceased was between 25 and 27 years. The cops also recovered Rs 3,030 from his pant pocket. The police later sent the dead body to the DHH.