Bhubaneswar, Jan. 25 -- The dead body of a Plus-2 student missing since two days was found in a well at Dikhitpada village under Banapur police limits in Khordha on Wednesday. He was murdered, said the police.

As per reports, the deceased, identified as Asutosh Mohapatra, had left home in Khamarsahi in the afternoon of January 23, but never returned. Later in the evening, the family, received a ransom call from an unknown number demanding Rs 5 lakh.

"My son was a good student. He left for tuition on January 23 at 2 pm and after that his mobile phone was switched off," said, the father of the deceased, Prashant Mohapatra.

Following the ransom call, the family had lodged a complaint at the Banapur police station the same evening.

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