Latest News | Charred Body of Missing Youth Found in Odisha's Kandhamal
Get latest articles and stories on Latest News at LatestLY. 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.
Phulbani (Odisha), Nov 6 (PTI) 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 deceased person 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.
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He was staying in Phiringia though he was originally from Krandivali village under Gochhapada police station in Kandhamal district.
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.
Rao said the matter is being investigated from all angles.
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