Bhubaneswar, July 3 -- A 42-year-old man was found dead in Muchbahal under the jurisdiction of the Belpahar police station limits in Odisha's Jharsuguda district on Thursday. He was reportedly murdered by unidentified miscreants who dumped his body on a public road before fleeing the area.

The deceased has been identified as Srijan Kumar, a native of Jharkhand. Kumar, however, was residing in the Muchbahal area for the past 20 years. He was employed locally as a commercial driver within the regional mining sector.

Passersby discovered Kumar's body lying abandoned on the road and alerted the police.

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