There was a stir after the body of a woman was recovered from the Ganga canal in the Mussoorie police station area of Ghaziabad on Friday. Seeing this body found floating near the Chitora railway bridge, the local people informed the police. The body was badly rotted, in view of which it is feared that the woman has been murdered and the body has been thrown into the canal. At present, the police have taken the body into custody and sent it for post-mortem and have started a thorough investigation of the case.
Panic spread in the area after the body was found
On Friday, the police team reached the spot as soon as the body was reported in the canal near the Chitoda railway bridge. Assistant Commissioner of Police (Modinagar) Bhaskar Verma said that the body was without clothes and was quite decomposed. Prima facie, it appears that the body has reached here from the upper areas. According to the police, looking at the condition of the body, it is being estimated that the woman must have died about 8 to 10 days ago.
Police investigation
The police team is now digging the records of the disappearance of women registered within the last 10 days in the surrounding police stations and neighboring districts. The police say that on the basis of the tattoo mark, the families whose daughters or women are missing are being contacted. ACP Bhaskar Verma made it clear that the exact cause of death will be known only after the post-mortem report comes. At present, the police are also working on CCTV footage and other clues in the vicinity so that the killers can be reached.
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