Decomposed parts of a body with its head and torso missing were found in a gunny bag in an open field near Kalyanpuri in east Delhi on Sunday. Police said the body was in such a state that it was impossible to ascertain the gender. The body parts have been preserved in the mortuary of Lal Bahadur Shastri Hospital for identification and autopsy.
Deputy police commissioner Priyanka Kashyap said a police patrol noticed a foul smell coming from nearby bushes and immediately informed the Pandav Nagar police station. Station house officer Arun Kumar and inspector (investigation) Manish Kumar led a police staff, which rushed to the scene and found the gunny bag with the body parts.
“Crime scene investigation team and forensic experts were called for spot inspection and to collect evidence. The body parts were sent to the hospital mortuary. A case of murder and destruction of evidence was registered against unknown persons. Since murder cases are only investigated by an inspector rank officer, Manish Kumar was assigned the probe,” said a police officer, requesting anonymity.
He said that prima facie it appears the murder took place somewhere else and the body was chopped into pieces. The lower parts of the body below the waist were stuffed into the gunny bag and dumped. The head and other severed parts may have been thrown elsewhere to avoid identification. The entire ground and its nearby areas were searched but the missing body parts could not be found.
“The investigating team is compiling a list of persons who have gone missing in Delhi-NCR in the past 10 days or so. The autopsy may help investigators in identifying the gender of the deceased. Further probe is on,” the officer said.