Odisha: DSP’s wife found dead on railway track under mysterious circumstances

Berhampur: Mystery shrouded the death of a DSP’s wife as her mutilated body was found on railway track near Gopalpur overbridge in Odisha’s Ganjam district today.

The deceased has been identified as Sushama Pradhan, wife of Gajapati DSP Anil Pradhan. She was residing at Kalinga Vihar under Baidyanathpur police limits in Berhampur.

According to reports, Sushama went out of her house last evening informing her family members that she was going to a nearby temple. When she didn’t return home till late in the night, a manhunt was launched to trace her. Her mutilated body was found on the track today.

Government Railway Police have recovered the body and sent it for post-mortem. Till last reports came in, it was yet to be ascertained whether the woman committed suicide or died after being hit by a train.