Sundaragada: An 18-year-old woman was found hanging inside her rented accommodation at Dengibhadi under Sundaragada Town police station limits in Sundaragada district Wednesday.
Police detained her boyfriend for questioning after her family alleged that she had been murdered.
The deceased was identified as Pushpa Khadia, a resident of H. Kantapali under Jhar Suguda Sadar police station limits.
She had been living in a rented house at Dengibhadi and working at the Aahara centre on the premises of Sundaragada District Headquarters Hospital (DHH).
According to police, local residents spotted her body hanging inside the house Wednesday morning and alerted the authorities.
Police reached the spot, recovered the body and sent it for post-mortem examination.
Later, the woman’s mother, Sunaphula Khadia, lodged a complaint alleging that her daughter had been murdered.
Acting on the complaint, police registered a murder case (477/26) at Sundaragada Town police station and launched an investigation.
Police said Pushpa had been living in the rented accommodation with her boyfriend.