Cuttack: A man allegedly died of suffocation after his car plunged into a canal in Bamphakuda area under Sadar police limits in Odisha’s Cuttack.
The deceased has been identified as Kanha Jena of Bamphakuda.
According to sources, Jena’s family tried to contact and searched for him when he did not return home till late hours on Monday, but could get no information about his whereabouts. Some locals spotted a car inside a canal this morning and informed the Fire Service Department.
Soon Fire Service personnel arrived at the spot and found Jena’s body on the driver’s seat. The car was then pulled out using a JCB. It is suspected that Jena died after his car veered off the road and fell into the canal last night.
Sadar Police has seized the body and started an investigation.