Paradip, February 23 A mystery surrounds the death of a woman whose naked body was found near a four-story building in the port town of Paradip in Odisha's Jagatsinghpur district, police said on Monday.
Eight people have been detained in connection with the case.
Police said the body was recovered on Monday morning, and the woman may have died in the night.
Police suspect that the woman, who has not been identified, died after falling from the roof of the building in the port town.
"Her clothes were found hanging on a gas pipeline along the exterior wall midway down the building," police said.
Additional Superintendent of Police Smriti Ranjan Kar said that the police have detained eight people, including the owner of the building, for questioning. She was not a local resident, and no one has yet filed a missing persons report.
The body has been sent for post-mortem examination.
Police found a pair of slippers, a mosquito coil, cigarettes, and empty gutka sachets on the terrace of the building. "We have launched an investigation from all angles, including accidental fall, suicide, or murder. Seven young men, who live in one of the flats in the building, are being questioned," Kar said.
Police said that while one flat in the building is occupied by its owner, the other seven units are rented out.
Seven employees of a private company live in one of the flats, police said, adding that some incriminating items, including the woman's underwear, were seized from the flat.