Bhubaneswar: Chandaka police Thursday recovered the mutilated body of a man with a hand chopped off from Andharua area in Bhubaneswar.
According to a source, some local residents of Andharua spotted a chopped hand along with a man’s body and a motorcycle a few metres away from their village, early in the morning.
Identity of the deceased has not been ascertained yet, an official of Chandaka police station said.
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Chandaka police immediately rushed to the spot after getting information about the incident from local villagers. Police have recovered the man’s body along with the chopped hand.
Police have registered a case in this connection and launched a probe to find out the cause of death and motive behind the murder. Postmortem report will pour more light into the circumstances leading to the death of the man, a police official added.
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