Hyderabad Police Recovers Woman’s Body Chopped, Dumped in a Sack
The incident has left locals in trauma, as the area is situated close to the Botanical Gardens.
A woman’s body, chopped into and stuffed in a sack, was found dumped the side of a road in Hyderabad’s Kondapur area. Horrified passersby in Sri Ram Nagar – which is situated close to the city's IT hub – notified the police of the incident on Tuesday, 30 January, morning.
The incident has left locals in trauma, as the area is situated close to the Botanical Gardens and is deserted at night.
Gachibowli Inspector M Gangadhar reached the spot and recovered the body, and collected forensic evidence from the scene. The body has been taken to Osmania General Hospital for an autopsy.
Speaking to TNM, he said that the body was yet to be identified
The police are also looking at CCTV footage to ascertain if any vehicle passed the area in the night, and may have dumped the bag at the spot.
This horrifying crime comes a day after residents of Bottuguda in Nalgonda district in Telangana, woke up to a spine-chilling murder on Monday – the severed head of a man was found on the compound wall of a dargah.
Hours later, the body was found several kilometres away in Madina Colony BTS, in an isolated spot.
Based on the evidence found and the crime scene, police believe that Ramesh and his murderer had drinks together at the spot where his body was found, following which he was murdered and decapitated.
Tuesday’s horrifying murder also comes a day after the bodies of a young woman, her mother and four-year-old daughter were found in their apartment at Hyderabad's outskirts on Monday. The young woman's estranged husband is the accused in the case.
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