Raigarh, Aug 25 (PTI) A 28-year-old worker was found hanging at a plant of the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), Central public sector undertaking (PSU), in Chhattisgarh's Raigarh district, police said on Friday.

Following the incident, the man's family stated a protest in front of the plant alleging that he had been murdered, they said.

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Dani Ram Gupta was found hanging from the stairs of a water tank in the coal handling unit of the NTPC's LARA Super Thermal Power Plant in Pusaur on Thursday evening, an official said.

Gupta, a native of Kodpali area, had been a contractual worker at the plant for the last three years, he said.

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A police team reached the spot and the body was sent for post-mortem, he said, adding that a case of accidental death has been registered.

Gupta's family members, however, claimed that he was behaving normally till 5 pm on Thursday and alleged that he was murdered and then hanged.

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