Physiotherapist from Assam found dead near his rented house in Odisha’s Cuttack district

Bhubaneswar, Feb 26 (PTI) A physiotherapist from Assam was found dead near his rented house in Odisha’s Cuttack district on Thursday, police said.

The deceased was identified as Ruhan Kakati.

After completing his physiotherapy studies in the Northeastern state, he moved to Olatpur village in the district nearly four years ago to pursue an internship at the Swami Vivekanand National Institute of Rehabilitation Training and Research (SVNIRTAR), police said.

After completing his internship, Ruhan continued to stay in Olatpur in a rented three-storey house and practiced physiotherapy in the locality, they said.

A resident of the same building found Kakati’s body in the morning and alerted the local police, an officer of Olatpur police station said.

Preliminary investigation indicated that he fell from the third floor of the building. He was staying alone in the house, the officer added.

Police have seized the body and sent it for post-mortem examination. PTI BBM BBM MNB