MUMBAI: The body of a young woman who was murdered was found stuffed in a gunny bag at Malad’s Aksa beach on Thursday. The body was decomposed and the police suspect that it might have been in the bag for three to four days. An autopsy will establish the cause of death. While her identity has not been established yet, the police are verifying whether her description matches that of a woman reported missing from Kandivli (E) earlier this month.
Around 9.30 am on Thursday, the Malwani police were informed about a gunny bag that had surfaced in the water at Aksa beach, near INS Hamla. When the police found a woman in her mid-twenties in the gunny bag, they rushed her to the hospital. Doctors told the police that the woman had a tattoo on her left arm, which might help them identify her. She was also wearing a necklace made of red beads and a mangalsutra.
“Her face was disfigured beyond recognition, so we will take some time to positively confirm her identity. It is not clear yet if the gunny bag was dumped at Aksa beach itself or floated there from another water body,” said a police officer. A case of murder has been registered.
The police are checking with other police stations if a woman in her mid-twenties was reported missing. At Samta Nagar, a domestic help was reported missing on December 8.