A pall of gloom and tension descended on Panchutikri village after the Dhamra Fire Brigade recovered the dead body of a 35-year-old local youth near the Dhamra Fishing Harbour on Thursday.
The deceased has been identified as Abinash Dhal, a resident of Panchutikri village, who had been working at the Baleswar Marine Prawn Company under the Dhamra Fishing Harbour jurisdiction for an extended period.
While the discovery of the body floating near the jetty initially sparked rumours of suicide, the situation took a serious turn when the victim’s family cried foul play. Abinash’s father has lodged a formal written complaint at the Dhamra Marine Police Station, alleging that employees of the Baleswar Marine Company murdered his son and deliberately dumped the body in the water to frame it as a suicide.
Taking cognisance of the incident, the Dhamra Marine Police have registered an unnatural death (UD) case and launched a preliminary probe into the matter.
The exact cause of death remains unclear at this stage. Investigating officers stated that a thorough inquiry is underway, and the true circumstances surrounding the youth’s death will only be ascertained once the post-mortem report is available.
