Hinjilikatu, 15th Sept 2025: — A young man drowned in a village pond in Gopinathpur village under Hinjilikatu police station. The deceased has been identified as Debanand Behera (33) from the same village. On Friday morning, after finishing work in the farmland, Debanand went to the nearby Rajghai pond to wash. While washing, due to carelessness, he slipped and fell into the pond and drowned. Some people present rescued him unconscious and admitted him to the Hinjilikatu sub-divisional hospital. However, doctors declared him dead.
Following this, the deceased’s brother, Heen Behera, filed a complaint at Hinjilikatu police station. Acting on the complaint, the police reached the hospital, seized the body, and registered a case of unnatural death under case number 24/25 at Hinjilikatu police station. For further investigation and autopsy, the body was sent to Brahmapur main hospital. This information was shared by police inspector Srinivas Sethi of the station.