Odisha: Police van set on fire in Angul as decomposed body of minor found

Angul: In a shocking incident, a decomposed body of missing minor boy recovered from Angul district of Odisha on Friday, said reports.

The incident occurred in Bareni forest under Kiakata Police limits in Angul. The hanging body of the minor boy was found from the forest.

The irate locals staged a road blockade and set a police van on fire, said reliable reports. The locals suspect that the minor had been offered as a human sacrifice.

It is worth mentioning that the 14-year-old boy and his mother had made a wish and had vowed to spend the night at the Ma Mangala temple. The boy allegedly went missing in the morning.

The mother searched for her son and then filed a complaint with the Kiakata police station limits in Angul. However on Friday, a few locals spotted the dismembered body of the boy hanging inside the temple and immediately informed the police.

The limbs of the body had been cut-off. The police immediately seized the body and tried to placate the irate mob.