Woman’s body stuffed into gunny bag, thrown in garbage truck in Bengaluru
Bengaluru Police said that the hands and neck of the woman were tied, and the body was in a gunny bag
The body of an unidentified woman was stuffed into a gunny bag and thrown into a garbage truck in Bengaluru, police said on Sunday (June 29).
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According to reports, the deceased woman was aged between 30 and 35 years. The body has been sent for postmortem and police have not ruled out sexual assault.
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"The identity of the deceased is yet to be established. From the looks of it, the death happened by smothering,” a police officer told Deccan Herald newspaper.
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The newspaper report said a software professional noticed the unusual shape of the gunny bag and alerted police, and a night duty police officer rushed to the spot and discovered the body after opening the gunny bag.
A case has been registered at Chennammanakere Achchukattu Police Station. C Vamsi Krishna, Joint Commissioner of Police, Bengaluru, said the sack was dumped in the garbage truck between 1 am and 3 am on Sunday, a report in NDTV said.
“The hands and neck of the woman were tied and the body was in a gunny bag. (Bengaluru Civic body) BBMP staff informed us about the body. We have registered a case of murder and are investigating the matter,” Krishna was quoted as saying in the report.