Mystery shrouded the death of a youth whose body was found under a bridge at Tulasipur village in Nayagarh district on Monday morning.
The deceased was identified as Purnachandra Lenka, son of one Gobinda Lenka of Tulasipur.
Sources said that the youth was missing for the last two days. Some locals spotted his mutilated body with disfigured face under a bridge and called up police, who reached the spot and recovered the body.
Though the reasons behind Purrnachandra’s death are yet to be ascertained his family members alleged that has been murdered. However, police have begun an inquiry into the incident.