Mutilated body found from workshop

Bhubaneswar: Police today recovered the mutilated body of a man from a workshop in the city, police said. The victim, identified as Gopal Moharana and a carpenter by profession, had wounds on his throat, hands and belly.

His body was sent for postmortem, deputy commissioner of police Satyabrat Bhoi told reporters. Police along with a scientific team rushed to the spot and launched a probe after seizing the blood stained saw that was apparently used for the crime, he said.

The victim and his brother Bhagabat stayed at a rented house at Unit-4 market area for the past 25 years and worked together at a workshop in the market. Gopal’s body was found by his brother’s son lying in a pool of blood inside the workshop.

PTI