Cuttack: Chauliagunj Fire Service personnel have recovered the body of a youth from river Mahanadi which was floating upstream of gate no. 10 of the Jobra barrage.
The deceased has been identified as Dhananjaya Pradhan of Nimchoudi area under Lalbag police station limits of the city. Dhananjaya was missing from his home since Monday afternoon.
According to reports, locals who saw the body floating in the river today informed the Jagatpur police. On being requisitioned by the police Chauliagunj Fire Service personnel reached the spot and retrieved the body from the river.
Jagatpur police have registered an unnatural death case and sent the body to SCB Medical College & Hospital for autopsy.
Further investigation into the matter is underway.
