Angul: Body of a youth, aged around 30 years, was found under Gokanda Nandatalia bridge on Paikasahi-Thakuragarh road under Bari police limits in Angul district on Tuesday morning.
Some locals spotted the youth lying in a pool of blood and immediately informed police, who reached the spot and seized the body.
Basing on preliminary investigation, police suspect that the victim could have been murdered over some dispute or past enmity as his throat was slit and there were injury marks on his body.
Efforts are on to ascertain the identity of the deceased, police sources said.