Bhubaneswar: The body of a 23-year-old nurse missing since September 8 was found in Jagatsinghpur district, police said Tuesday.
The body of Niharika Patra was found on Biluakhai river bed near Nuapari area in Jagatsinghpur stuffed in a sack with her hands and legs tied with a rope, they said.
The cause of the death can be known only after the post-mortem report, said the sub-divisional police officer (SDPO) of Jagatsinghpur, Prakash Chandra Pal.
Pal said it was suspected to be a case of murder as her hands and legs were tied.
Niharika Patra, a native of Bhingarpur village of Khurda district was working as a nurse at a private nursing home in Cuttack.
Her family members had lodged a missing police complaint on September 8 at the Madhupatna police station in Cuttack September 9.
“She (Niharika) has gone to Cuttack … September 8 and never returned,” said Pratima Patra, the victim’s mother.