A body of a girl was found hanging from a tree at the Jayadev Vatika in the capital city on Wednesday. The identity of the deceased was yet to be ascertained.
According to reports, a security guard spotted the body being hung from the tree with a dupatta and informed the authorities.Later, the Khandagiri police reached the spot and recovered the body for postmortem. Further investigation was underway to ascertain the circumstances under which the girl died. In another such incident in the Saheed Nagar area on the city, a middle-aged man was found hanging in the balcony of a real estate office building.
The deceased was identified as Jajulyaman Nath, a resident Pipili of Puri district. He was working in the real estate company as a Grade-IV employee and also staying in the office building.This morning, he was found hanging with a towel from the ceiling in the balcony. Some locals first spotted the body and called up police. Saheed Nagar police along with a scientific team reached the spot and sent the body to the Capital Hospital for postmortem.
Though the exact reason behind the death was yet to be ascertained, staffs of the real estate company said Nath might have taken the extreme step due to family feud. On receiving information, his family members later reached the spot.