The Mumbai Police on Tuesday has arrested a person in a murder case of a woman whose body was found in a suitcase in the Mumbai’s Kurla area.
Mumbai Crime Unit arrested a suspect in this case. The woman has been identified and is a resident of the Dharavi area.
Earlier on Sunday, the police stated that a woman’s body was found in a suitcase in Kurla in central Mumbai.
According to the Mumbai Police, the discovery of the body was made after the police were informed around 12.30 pm about a suitcase lying abandoned.
An official stated, “the discovery was made after the police were informed around 12.30 pm about a suitcase lying abandoned on the CST Road at Shanti Nagar, where work for a Metro project is underway.
The official said that the police reached the spot and found a woman’s body inside the suitcase. The body was sent to a civic hospital for autopsy, police said, adding that the woman’s identity is yet to be established.
They added, “The woman has not been identified yet, but looking at her body, it is being estimated that her age could be between 25-35 years, the woman was wearing a T-shirt and track pants.”
Moreover, police are also examining footage of CCTV cameras installed in the area.
The case has been registered under IPC Section 302 (murder) and a search is on to track those who killed her.
More information is awaited.
