This Article is From Nov 07, 2022

Charred Body Of Missing Man Found In Roadside Bush In Odisha: Cops

The police also seized a half-burnt mobile phone, shoes, a wallet along with ATM and Aadhaar Cards around a kilometre away from the spot where the body was found near Ganjukhole village.

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Police said the matter is being investigated from all angles. (Representational)

Phulbani, Odisha:

The charred body of a 19-year-old man was found inside a roadside bush in Phiringia area of Odisha's Kandhamal district a day after he went missing, police said on Sunday.

The police also seized a half-burnt mobile phone, shoes, a wallet along with ATM and Aadhaar Cards and some burnt currency notes around a kilometre away from the spot where the body was found near Ganjukhole village.

It is suspected that those items belonged to the man identified as Bibhudatta Kanhar, Sub-divisional Police Officer of Phulbani, Suprasanna Mallick, said.

The tribal youth, a Plus-2 student, used to study at Phiringia Panchayat College.

He was staying in Phiringia though he was originally from Krandivali village under Gochhapada police station in Kandhamal district.

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When contacted, Inspector in charge of Phiringia Police Station, S S Rao, said the student was supposed to reach his sister's place in Ganjukhole village on Friday evening but did not reach there.

His family then lodged a missing diary with Phiringia police station on Saturday. However, Kanhar's body was also found on Saturday by the local people.

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Mr Rao said the matter is being investigated from all angles.

(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

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