Joda: Police recovered the body of a 32-year-old schoolteacher, who was found hanging inside her rented accommodation in Contractor Colony in Joda town of Kendujhar district, Friday. The circumstances surrounding her death are being investigated.
The deceased was identified as Rosalika Patra, a native of Kumharmundakata village under Bangiriposhi police station in Mayurbhanj district. She was a physics teacher at Lahanda Adarsha Vidyalaya and had been living in a rented house in the area since 2021. Sources said Patra did not attend school Thursday.
A woman employed to cook at her residence prepared food in the morning and left. When she returned in the evening to prepare dinner, she found the house locked from inside. She informed the landlord, who looked through a window and found Patra hanging from a piece of cloth tied around her neck.
On being informed, Joda police reached the spot and alerted her family members. A police team visited the house Friday and recovered the body. The cause of death is yet to be established. Patra’s brother, Sudipta Kumar Patra, lodged a complaint at Joda police station.
Based on the complaint, police registered a case (33/26) and initiated an investigation.