Decomposed body of woman found

Decomposed body of woman found

Dead body of an unidentified woman was found at Kannarpalayam near Periyanaickenpalayam. Coimbatore rural police suspect that the woman was murdered and the dead body was dumped by unidentified persons.

A woman’s decomposed body was found wrapped in a polythene cover at Kannarpalayam near Periyanaickenpalayam on Tuesday evening. Police said the deceased was aged about 35 years and she might have been murdered a week ago.

According to a police officer, the body was found on a private land, where railway department has been dumping construction materials. “Workers were staying there in temporary shelters. On Tuesday evening, one of them stumbled upon the body that was wrapped in a blue polythene cover.”

The workers alerted the Periyanaickenpalayam police, who recovered the body and sent that to the Coimbatore Medical College and Hospital for postmortem.

The officer said the woman was strangulated. “We are trying to trace the identity of the deceased woman and collecting the missing women details for the same.”

The Periyanaickenpalayam police have registered a case and further investigation is on.