Paradip, April 23 -- Tension prevailed after body of a labourer was recovered under mysterious circumstances from a foreign ship at a berth in Odisha's Paradip port here today. The deceased was identified as Bibhuti Barik, a resident of Badamba Narasinghpur area.

Though the exact reason behind the death is still not established, preliminary investigation indicated that Barik could have died due to suffocation inside the hatch of the ship.

As per reports, Barik had been on night duty two days back and was engaged in cleaning work after unloading of the consignment. Sinche his body was recovered almost over 30 hours later, it is suspected that he was unable to exit and was trapped due to covering of the hatch.

Questions are also being ra...