A mutilated body of a youth was found on a road at Prem Nagar under the Bondamunda police station here on Saturday morning.
The identity of the deceased was yet to be ascertained.
It was suspected that the youth was stoned to death by miscreants as a stone with blood stain on it was recovered near the body.
Locals spotted the body in a pool of blood and called up police.
The Bondamunda police along with a scientific team reached the spot and launched an investigation into the incident.
The cops later sent the body to Rourkela Government Hospital for postmortem.