Bhadrak: A youth undergoing treatment at a de-addiction centre died under mysterious circumstances Tuesday at Chingidipur under Dhamnagar police limits in this district, cops said Wednesday. Police are investigating the matter after family members of the deceased complained. They alleged that the deceased Kedarnath Parida had injury marks on his body and must have died after being severely beaten by the staff of the deaddiction centre. Parida was a resident of Jajpur district. Kedarnath’s family informed Wednesday that he had been admitted to the centre January 4. His treatment was going well when all of a sudden they were informed Tuesday that Kedarnath had fallen ill. Even before they could react, a second call from the centre informed them that Kedarnath had breathed his last at the district headquarters hospital here.
The victim’s family members rushed to the hospital and saw injury marks on Kedarnath’s body. Then Kedarnath’s elder brother Sudarshan complained to the Dhamnagar police station alleging that his brother had been beaten to death by the staff of the centre. Police said Wednesday that they are waiting for the postmortem report to ascertain the real cause behind Kedarnath’s death. Dhamnagar SDPO informed that police are questioning the staff of the centre, including the in-charge. He added that the body of Kedarnath has been handed over to his family.