A dead body of a woman was found under mysterious circumstances from a closed room in a house in Gadapada village under the Khantapara police station in the district on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Gita Das.
The local police have begun an investigation into the case based on the FIR filed by the deceased’s father.
The woman was living in the house on rent after her divorce with her husband Debabrata Barik of the Santragadia area. She has a five-year–old son out of the wedlock.
Sources said that after the woman’s separation from her husband, she was working in a prawn processing firm and developed intimacy with a married man identified as Niranjan Pradhan (40).
Gita’s father in his complaint has alleged that Niranjan was physically exploiting her under the guise of a promise of marriage. On Saturday night, there was a heated altercation between them over some issue; and in the morning her dead body was found from the house.
But what has aggravated doubts about Niranjan is that he is absconding after the incident. Police began investigation into the incident with help of a forensic team after registering a case under Section 302 of the IPC.