Telkoi: The decomposed body of a youth was found today under mysterious circumstances at Janakanali of Dobalapala village near Hanumantia forest under Telkoi police limits in Keonjhar district.

According to a police source, the body was spotted while hanging from a tree near a pond, and half of it was submerged in water. A purse, an Aadhaar card and a mobile phone were found on the causeway of the pond. Based on the information available on the Aadhaar Card, the body is suspected to be of one Gobinda, the son of Rabi Munda from Budhapanka under Banarpal police limits of Angul district.

“The body of a man from Angul being found at a far-off place in Keonjhar suggests that it could be a case of murder. Someone might have killed the youth and later hanged him,” some locals said.

Telkoi tehsildar and a team of policemen have launched a probe into the incident.