The body of a young woman was found wrapped inside a while plastic bag, meant to carry cement, on the busy MM Ali Road in Ekbalpore on Thursday.
Morning walkers spotted the bag lying in front of a closed shop. Later, a team of officers from the nearby Ekbalpore police station reached the spot and opened the bag.
A woman’s body, with the hands and legs folded, was found stuffed inside the bag. Injury marks were found on the neck and other parts of the body. The police later identified the victim as 20-year-old Saba Khatun, a resident of Watgunge.
The bag was immediately removed from the spot and taken to SSKM Hospital. The body was then sent for a post-mortem.
“Preliminary investigations have revealed that Saba used to live with her maternal grandmother in Watgunge till two months ago. Her mother had passed away. Relatives said she would occasionally visit her father,” a police officer said.
Over the past two months, Saba had been staying as a “paying guest” with a friend in Warish Lane of Ekbalpore. Residents of the area said they had seen Saba buying biryani from a street-side shop late on Wednesday afternoon.
“On Wednesday evening, she was seen leaving the house where she stayed as a paying guest while talking on his cellphone,” said a senior police officer. “Saba’s phone was switched off soon after. Relatives tried in vain to contact her throughout the night.”
The phone has not yet been traced. “More than one person was involved in putting the body inside the bag. We are trying to gather her call details so that the frequent callers can be shortlisted,” the officer said.
