Mumbai crime: Woman's headless body found stuffed in a suitcase

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Headless body of a woman was found stuffed in a suitcase in neighbouring Navi Mumbai on Monday, the police said. The suitcase was found dumped near a well-known marine training institute on Palm Beach Road in Nerul.

The deceased seemed to be in her 20s, a senior police official said, adding the head of the woman was also found in the suitcase.

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The body has been sent for postmortem. NRI Coastal Police have register a case under sections 302 (punishment for murder) and 201 (causing disappearance of evidence of offence) against unidentified person(s), the official said, adding that further investigation is on in the matter.

According to some reports, the bag was found by a resident who was walking by the spot. He immidiately alerted the police since he was unsure about the contents of the suitcase.

The identitiy of the woman is still unknown.

Incidentally, the body was found close to the spot where the decomposed remains of actress Sandhya Singh were found in 2012.

(with inputs from PTI)