A body of a youth was found hanging from an electric pole near the Kushabhadra river under the Nimapara police limits in Puri district on Monday.
The deceased, who was identified as Kalia Maharana of Bhodar village, had reportedly come to her sister’s house at Nimapara on Sunday evening.
Kalia’s body was spotted by locals near the river in the morning. Being informed, police reached the spot, recovered the body and sent it for postmortem.
Though the reason behind the death of Kalia was yet to be ascertained, his family members alleged that he was murdered.