Woman's body found in trunk on Sion-Panvel highway

NAVI MUMBAI: The decomposed body of a girl, aged round 30-35 years, was once found inside of a metal trunk dumped in a dry drain near Vashigaon alongside Sion-Panvel highway on Wednesday morning. Sources in Vashi police said the woman was once strangled to dying and her face disfigured by means of pouring boiling water to stop identity.

The trunk was once spotted by means of a security guard of GAIL (India) Pvt Ltd's keep an eye on centre as he appeared round to seek out the reason for an insufferable stench emanating in the space. Inspector (crime) Kisan Gaikwad of Vashi police station said, "Around 11 am, a watchman spotted the trunk. The 3-foot-long metal trunk was heavy and there were some red stains that seemed to be blood, so he informed others at the centre and the police was summoned. A woman's decomposed body found stuffed inside the trunk."


Senior inspector Ajay Landge said that the body may have been dumped about 48 hours in the past as it was once totally decomposed. "A civic doctor has stated that the woman has been strangled using a saffron coloured scarf, which was found intact round her neck. The trunk was also stuffed with several clothes of a woman and also of a man, besides a bedsheet and a towel. The crime investigation van and finger print experts have collected samples from the crime scene."


The Vashi police have registered an FIR below IPC segment 302 (punishment for murder) and segment 201 (Causing disappearance of proof of offence) towards unidentified individuals.


DCP (Crime) Tushar Doshi said, "The crime branch team is conducting a parallel probe in the woman's murder case. As a black apron has been found in the trunk, it seems like the woman was engaged in a house-keeping job, may be at a hospital."


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