The Commissionerate Police on Wednesday afternoon recovered the body of a student leader of Utkal University, Firoz Ranahandol, who was found hanging at his residence in the Old Town under the lingaraj police limits in the city.
The police after interrogation of the family members took the body to the Capital Hospital for autopsy.
Firoz, a second year student of Personality Management and Industrial Relations, had been active in student politics since the time he joined the university. He was living on the third floor of Rashmi Apartment at Nageswar Tangi while his elder brother and his family lived on the second floor of the same apartment.
Family members of the deceased said he was missing since Tuesday morning. They said they were not too worried about the matter since he used to go out and then return after a day or two.The police are investigating into the matter after registering an unnatural death case.