Rourkela

Rourkela Woman Spends 5 Days With Mother’s Rotting Body

Rourkela: Police rescued a mentally-challenge woman, who spent five days with her mother’s dead body inside a house at Basanti Colony in Odisha’s Rourkela city, on Monday night.

The deceased has been identified as Manju Puri (70). Her body was found in a decomposed state. Manju and her daughter Priyanka (40) were left to fend for themselves after she lost her husband Narottam Puri to COVID last year.

According to sources, locals reported Uditnagar police about foul smell emanating from the house. Following this, police reached the spot and recovered the body after entering the house by breaking open the door. in presence of a magistrate. While the body was sent for postmortem, police got the mentally-challenged woman admitted to Rourkela Government Hospital.

Additional SP Bikram Keshari Bhoi said that a probe is underway and more details will emerge after the postmortem of Manju.

OB Bureau
Share
Published by
OB Bureau

Recent Posts

Mass Layoffs: Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta To Fire Over 3,500 Employees Next Week

New York: Mark Zuckerberg-led tech giant Meta is set to carry out its planned layoffs… Read More

6 minutes ago

Odisha CM’s Grievance Cell To Remain Closed On Feb 10

Bhubaneswar: The public grievance hearing on February 10 (Monday) has been suspended due to some… Read More

27 minutes ago

Odisha In 38th National Games: Animesh Kujur Races To 100m Gold In Record-Equalling Time

Bhubaneswar: Odisha sprinter Animesh Kujur left the field in his wake to clinch gold medal… Read More

34 minutes ago

3rd Generation Of Yesteryear Biggest Bollywood Superstars To Romance On Silver Screen

Mumbai: Bollywood legends, Rajesh Khanna and Amitabh Bachchan, had shared screen space in iconic Hindi… Read More

53 minutes ago

Odisha Sees Record Progress In Rail Projects With Over 81% Budget Utilisation In 2024-25: ECoR

Bhubaneswar: Odisha has seen record progress with highest-ever railway budget utilisation in a financial year,… Read More

1 hour ago

Ravi Shastri, Bharat Arun Inaugurate T20 Meet In Cuttack

Cuttack: Former India allrounder and coach Ravi Shastri on Saturday inaugurated the 1st MGM T20 Championship… Read More

1 hour ago