<p>A man believed to have been murdered sprang a surprise when he walked back home in Odisha. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Police had arrested six of his friends for the presumed crime, inspector in-charge of Deogarh police station Khira Sindhu Nayak said Friday.<br /><br />Dibya Lochan Gadtia (19) went missing July 8. He was studying civil engineering at a private institute in Bhubanesar.<br /><br />His father Jasodhar of Vijaynagar village in Deogarh district, 300 km from Bhubaneswar, lodged a complaint with the police July 12, Nayak told IANS.<br /><br />Jasodhar told police that his son might have been murdered by six of his friends with whom he was last seen. Police registered a case and launched an investigation.<br /><br />In an interesting turn of events, a decomposed body was found in a forest, about 60 km away from the Gadtia's village.<br /><br />Jasodhar identified it as his son's body. After conducting autopsy, police handed over the body to Jasodhar and his family.<br /><br />The family performed the last rites. <br /><br />Jasodhar lodged another complaint with the police seeking action against the six friends as a mobile phone used by his son was found on one of them.<br /><br />Police arrested the six, five July 19 and the sixth July 22 for the alleged murder.<br /><br />On Thursday, the family's joy knew no bounds when Gadtia came home.<br /><br />He told police and family that he had gone to the temple town of Puri to witness Lord Jagannath's chariot festival (Rath yatra) after enjoying a feast thrown by his friends.<br /><br />Police will submit a final report before the court and seek the release of the six friends, currently in judicial custody, Nayak said.<br /><br />Another investigation would be carried out to identify the man who was cremated, he said.</p>
<p>A man believed to have been murdered sprang a surprise when he walked back home in Odisha. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Police had arrested six of his friends for the presumed crime, inspector in-charge of Deogarh police station Khira Sindhu Nayak said Friday.<br /><br />Dibya Lochan Gadtia (19) went missing July 8. He was studying civil engineering at a private institute in Bhubanesar.<br /><br />His father Jasodhar of Vijaynagar village in Deogarh district, 300 km from Bhubaneswar, lodged a complaint with the police July 12, Nayak told IANS.<br /><br />Jasodhar told police that his son might have been murdered by six of his friends with whom he was last seen. Police registered a case and launched an investigation.<br /><br />In an interesting turn of events, a decomposed body was found in a forest, about 60 km away from the Gadtia's village.<br /><br />Jasodhar identified it as his son's body. After conducting autopsy, police handed over the body to Jasodhar and his family.<br /><br />The family performed the last rites. <br /><br />Jasodhar lodged another complaint with the police seeking action against the six friends as a mobile phone used by his son was found on one of them.<br /><br />Police arrested the six, five July 19 and the sixth July 22 for the alleged murder.<br /><br />On Thursday, the family's joy knew no bounds when Gadtia came home.<br /><br />He told police and family that he had gone to the temple town of Puri to witness Lord Jagannath's chariot festival (Rath yatra) after enjoying a feast thrown by his friends.<br /><br />Police will submit a final report before the court and seek the release of the six friends, currently in judicial custody, Nayak said.<br /><br />Another investigation would be carried out to identify the man who was cremated, he said.</p>