Ganjam, June 14: A youth’s body was recovered near a temple in Ganjam on Tuesday.

The incident came to the fore at the Kali temple in the Chhatrapur area.

The deceased is Babula Behera, a native of Bidyadhar Nagar.

Sources said that the locals spotted a body which was lying in front of the Kali temple on the NH and informed police. Police recovered the  body from the spot and initiated an investigation. Subsequently, it was sent for a post-mortem after an investigation conducted by the scientific team.

An UD  case has been registered in this connection and further investigation is underway said the police.