Hyderabad: A body of a woman who worked as a software engineer was found stuffed inside a suitcase and thrown into a drain on Sunday in Suraram colony in Medchal, a small town just outside Hyderabad city.

Locals found the suitcase near a Krishi High School in Suraram colony and informed police officials.

The woman, identified as Lavanya, was a native Ramachandrapuram in East Godavari district. She had been missing for the last two days, the police said.

Hyderabad police have registered a case and sent the woman's body for post-mortem.