A body of a man was found at the Kathajodi riverbank in Cuttack city on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Babuli Behera of Baiyalish Mouza near the city.
Locals spotted the body floating in the river in the morning and informed the police about it. The Cuttack Badambadi police recovered the body for postmortem and started an investigation into the incident.
Though the exact reason behind the death was yet to be ascertained, it was suspected that the man drowned while taking bath in the river.
A two-wheeler of the deceased was found parked near the spot.