A 40-year-old widow was found lying dead in front of her house on Wednesday at Badibahal Kendurkhunti of Bonai sub-division under the Gurundia police station in Sundargarh district.
The Gurundia police after registering a murder case are on the lookout for the live-in partner of the deceased who is now absconding.
According to sources, Jhala Oram (40), a resident, whose husband Dalua, had died seven years ago, has three children who are studying in a Ashram school in Jarda and staying there.
One Mange Oram, a married man of Burda village, father of four children, had been staying with Jhala in her house for the last five years.
In the morning, the neighbours of Jhala lying dead in front of her house, with injury marks on her body.
The locals informed the local police station following which a forensic team reached the spot and found there were cut marks on her neck, cheek and belly. Police after inquest, sent the body for postmortem. Mange Oram is absconding.
Jarda Panchayat Samiti member Raikuar Oram lodged an FIR about the incident. Gurudia police after postmortem handed over Jala’s body to her family members.