Sundargarh/Banki: The body of a youth who had been missing from his home since Thursday afternoon was found Friday near the railway tracks near Bimalagarh railway station under K Balang police limits in this district. There were several injury marks on the body of the youth, including some on his head and neck. The deceased has been identified as Suraj Mahakud of Gouduniposh village in this district.
Officials said that personnel of the Government Railway Police (GRP) discovered Suraj’s body lying beside the track during a routine patrolling duty. They sent the body for postmortem and also informed the K Balang police station. Police have registered a case of unnatural death and have initiated a probe into the mysterious death of Suraj. Police are also searching for the mobile of the deceased youth as they believe it can help in the investigation.
Meanwhile the family members of the deceased alleged foul play and said that Suraj had been murdered. They informed me that he did not have past enmity with anyone. In a similar incident, police found the blood-stained body of a youth inside a clubhouse at Harirajpur village under Banki police limits in Cuttack district. Locals after finding a sword laced with blood outside the club building informed the police. Cops broke open the door of the club and found the body of the deceased, identified as Sital Sahu, a resident of the same village. Police seized the sword, a mobile phone and slippers from the spot and sent the body for post-mortem.
Meanwhile, the family of the deceased alleged that Sital had been murdered and have lodged an FIR at the Banki police station.