RSP staff’s body with severed head found

ROURKELA: A master technician of Rourkela Steel Plant was found dead with his head severed on the railway track between Pipe Plant and Hot Strip Mill (HSM) 2 of the plant here on Monday morning.

The deceased, 51-year-old Basudev Pradhan of Sector-4 locality, was employed with the heavy maintenance (Electrical) department of the steel plant. While there is still no clarity on the reason behind his death, trade union leaders, citing equal possibility of suicide, accident or foul play, have demanded a proper inquiry into the matter. They said his vehicle was not present nearby and the site where the incident took place is not usually used by employees to cross the tracks.
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