Mystery shrouded the recovery of a charred body of a woman in a house near Hatapada in the Chandragiri area of Gajapati district on Tuesday.
The deceased was identified as Pankajini Nayak of Adaba area in the district. She was staying at the rented house with a man of Aska area for the last two years.
The owner of the house spotted smoke billowing out of it in the morning and informed police. Cops have sent the burnt body for postmortem and started investigation.
The person, who was staying with the woman in the house, was absconding, police sources said.
