A 22-year-old youth was found dead at a cashew orchard near Kharadapalli village under the Bolagarh police station in Khordha district on Sunday.
The deceased was identified as Satyasundar Behera of the village. His family members alleged that he was murdered.
Locals spotted the body in the morning and informed his family members, who reached the spot and identified it.
Police have sent the body for postmortem and detained two persons for questioning.
As per the mother of the deceased, he went outside with two of his friends on Saturday night and didn’t return home.