Woman’s body found in Puri pond

Puri: Body of an unidentified woman was fished out from a pond at Biraharekrushnapur under Sadar police limits in Puri district on Tuesday morning.

Locals spotted the body and immediately informed police.

A vanity bag, containing some medicines and a receipt of a Begunia-based jewellery shop, was recovered from the spot.

Police seized the body and sent it for postmortem.

Though the exact reason behind the death is yet to be ascertained, police suspect that the woman, aged between 35 to 40 years, committed suicide.