12 September,2023 01:01 PM IST | Thane | mid-day online correspondent
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The body of an unidentified woman was found in a lake in Thane city on Tuesday, a civic official told PTI. The woman's body was spotted by residents floating in the Masunda Lake.
The persons who found her body in Masunda Lake around 9.30 am, had alerted the fire station, Yasin Tadvi, chief of the civic disaster management cell told PTI. The official added that firemen and an RDMC team recovered the body of the woman who seemed to be in her mid to late 60s.
The officials have sent the body for a post-mortem at the civil hospital meanwhile a case of an accidental death has been registered.
Masunda Lake, also known as Talaopali Lake, is frequented by many joggers in the morning. The discovery of the dead body in the lake on Tuesday morning had created panic among those who frequent the lake.
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The headless body of a woman found in Uttan
The headless body of an unidentified woman was discovered in a suitcase at Uttan Beach in Bhayandar in June when local resident was out on a walk. The police swiftly registered a case and began a probe into the matter. The police, upon examination, discovered that the victim was brutally chopped into pieces with her head missing.
Her hands and legs were also tied. The authorities were looking through missing persons records to establish the identity of the woman. The Uttan Police had promptly arrived at the scene with a forensic team following them to gather evidence.
After post-mortem, primary findings suggested that the woman was not older than 30. The police said they suspect the assailant first strangled the deceased and then dismembered her upper and lower body parts. The officials added that the head was detached and discarded elsewhere by the assailant to obscure the victim's identity.
Meanwhile, in another incident, a man in his 30s was found dead outside a jewellery store in Thane. The man, identified as Mukesh Singh Chouhan (36), was found dead outside the shuttered shop on Thursday night. The Thane Nagar police sent the body for a post-mortem to a government hospital and registered an accidental death case.
