Police found the half-naked body of a 40-year-old woman on the Delhi-Varanasi highway in Kanpur, UP. The head of the deceased woman was also broken. According to the police, the body was seen by a person on Wednesday morning, after which they were informed. Police said that when they reached, stray dogs were scratching the body.
According to the news agency, the police have started investigating the case and based on the circumstances in which the body was found, it is likely that the victim was raped and killed before her body was dumped on the highway.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (South) Ravindra Kumar said that it is also possible that the victim died in a road accident. He said that apart from the local police, forensic experts also reached the spot and collected eight teeth and other bone fragments for analysis.
The dead woman was identified after footage from 104 CCTV cameras
DCP Ravindra Kumar said, ‘We reviewed the footage of 104 CCTV cameras in the vicinity after which we were able to identify the woman. She was seen walking alone on the service lane and the highway in the CCTV video.’
Footage from CCTV cameras at a nearby hospital showed a woman of similar height crossing the service lane and walking towards the highway a few hours before the body was found. Police said the woman in the video was wearing the same pants that were later found on her body.
Husband told some other story
He said there was no CCTV camera installed at the spot where the body was found. The DCP said, the victim’s husband told the police that his wife was suffering from cervical pain for a long time and had not been able to sleep for many nights.
He said, ‘When he fell asleep in the early hours, she went out alone and may have died in a road accident. The body has been sent for postmortem to ascertain the real cause of death.
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