A woman was found hanging in a house in the Chintamaniswar area under the Laxmisagar police station in the capital city on Thursday.
The deceased was identified as Sai Sneha Swain (26) of Godipalli village under the Sarankul police station in Nayagarh district. She was working with a private company in the city and residing at the rented house. The reason behind her taking the extreme step was yet to be ascertained.
Police sent the body for postmortem to the Capital Hospital and started an investigation into the incident.
In another incident, a girl student allegedly committed suicide at Gondilo village under the Balianta police station on the outskirts of the city. She was identified as Anupama Naik.
According to reports, neighboura found the girl hanging from the house in the morning. Later, police reached the spot and seized the body for postmortem.
“The statements of the deceased’s family members are being recorded,” said police.