Kataka: Body of an unidentified young man was recovered late Monday night from Taladanda Canal under Madhupatna police limits in Odisha’s Kataka city.
According to sources, local residents spotted the body floating in the canal waters and immediately alerted police. Personnel from Madhupatna police station alongside the Chauliaganj Fire Services team rushed to the scene and the deceased was subsequently pulled out of the water. The deceased youth was found wearing jeans and a T-shirt. Since the victim could not be identified on the spot, officers shifted and preserved the body at the morgue of SCB Medical College and Hospital here for a postmortem examination and identification procedures.
Police have initiated a detailed investigation to ascertain the exact circumstances surrounding the tragedy and determine how the individual entered the canal. All angels, including accidental drowning, suicide, or potential foul play and homicide, are being probed.
To trace the young man’s identity, police have also circulated descriptions and photographs of the deceased across neighbouring police stations to cross-reference against ongoing missing person reports.
