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A youth from Kanpur village in Odisha's Jagatsinghpur district has been missing for nearly a week after setting off on a birthday trip to Puri. Despite frantic efforts, his whereabouts remain unknown, plunging his family into deep anxiety.

According to the FIR lodged in this connection, the young man had informed his family that he was heading to Puri from Balikuda market by bus on August 24, his birthday. Since then, there has been no trace of him.

What has intensified the mystery is a disturbing photo that recently went viral on social media. The image allegedly shows the youth tied to an electricity utility pole, hands and f...