Balasore: The decomposed and disrobed body of a woman was spotted while lying on the ground inside an abandoned house under mysterious circumstances near Loknath temple under Sahadevkhunta police limits in Balasore district, today morning.

Identity of the deceased woman has not been ascertained yet, a senior cop of the local PS said.

According to a source, some locals observed that a foul odour was coming from the house. They went near it and saw the decomposed body of the woman.

On being informed by the locals, a team of Sahadevkhunta police reached the spot and seized the body, and registered a case in this connection. Police have sent the body for post-mortem and initiated a probe into the suspicious death.

“The woman might have died around two to three days ago,” the locals suspected.

“Exact reason behind the death can be ascertained only after a post-mortem report comes in. We are probing from all possible angles,” the senior cop stated.