Odisha Police launched a probe after the victim's son lodged a complaint, claiming that his father had suffered head injuries and undergone treatment at a private hospital in Cuttack, but they found surgery marks on his abdomen.

The Odisha Police have launched an investigation into these grave allegations. They exhumed Digal's body from a burial ground in Tikarabaju for a post-mortem. Baliguda Police Station inspector-in-charge Sushant Sahu said,

The hospital authorities had handed over the body to the family members of the deceased without conducting any post-mortem examination and did not inform the local police station in Cuttack about his death,

The man's family says they found surgery marks on the abdomen even though the victim had suffered head injuries.

Babula Diggal died on October 16 following a road accident. His family claims they found a cut mark on the stomach ‘even though he had sustained injuries on the head’

A 44-year-old man's body was exhumed in Kandhamal district, Odisha, following allegations of organ theft after his death from a road accident. The state government has initiated a probe into the matter as the family raises concerns about unexplained surgery marks on the deceased's body.