At around 4.30 pm on Wednesday, police were alerted about a body floating in the lake. A police team rushed to the spot and fished out the body and later sent it for postmortem.
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A highly decomposed body of a man, estimated to be in his mid to late 30s, was found in a lake in
Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Thursday. The body was found floating in the Waraladevi lake in adjoining Bhiwandi town on Wednesday noon, police said.
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Police in Bhiwandi have registered a case under section 302 and 210 of the Indian Penal Code and initiated a probe into the crime, an official said. At around 4.30 pm on Wednesday, police were alerted about a body floating in the lake. A police team rushed to the spot and fished out the body and later sent it for postmortem.
The hands and legs of the victim were found tied with a rope when it was fished out, indicating that someone had killed him, police said. There were no other injuries on the victim's body, the police official said.
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