Baleshwar: A car showroom owner was found hanging from a tree inside a forest in Odisha’s Baleshwar district on Friday with his father alleging that he was murdered.
The deceased has been identified as Shubham Jyoti Jena (28), son of Bharat Jena of Kanarpur Mahal village in Nilagiri block of the district. He owned a second-hand car showroom near Kuruda Bridge in Baleshwar.
Sources said Shubham had left home around 4 pm on Thursday after informing his mother that he was going to Kaptipada and would return at night. However, when family members tried to contact him after 7.30 pm, his mobile phone was found switched off.
Worried over his whereabouts, his father lodged a missing person complaint at Nilagiri police station on Thursday night.
While searching for his son along Tinikosia road in the morning, Bharat spotted his body hanging from a tree near Debajani Chhak in the forest under the jurisdiction of Barhampur police station.
On being informed, police reached the spot and recovered the body. A motorcycle has been recovered from the site. Police have registered a case of unnatural death and started an investigation.
The deceased’s father has ruled out the possibility of suicide and alleged that his son was murdered in a planned manner. He claimed to have received information that two to three persons were present with Shubham at the spot on Thursday.
He has demanded a detailed investigation and strict action against those responsible.
