A woman agriculture officer was found hanging in her rented house in Odisha’s Bhadrak district Wednesday, police said.

Police identified the deceased as Niharika Dalai, 30, a native of Randia village under Bhadrak Rural police station.

She had been serving in Basudevpur as Block Agriculture Officer (BAO) for the past two years. She was staying in the rented accommodation at Balinagar village under Basudevpur police limits along with her seven-year-old daughter.

Police said that Dalei had been on leave for the last few days. Wednesday morning, after dropping her daughter at school, she is said to have gone shopping before returning home.

However, she did not respond to any phone calls afterwards, the police said.

When the milkman failed to get any response after repeated calling and fo

See Full Page