Body of woman found in a sack at Anandapur

Kolkata: The body of a young woman was recovered from inside a sack near the West Chowbhaga pumping station under Anandapur police station area on Thursday morning. Preliminary investigations by the police have hinted at murder with injury marks found at the back portion of her head.

The unidentified woman, aged around 25 years, was wearing a red kurti along with a black leggings.

"We suspect that the woman was murdered elsewhere and her body was dumped here. The crime was committed more than 24 hours before the recovery of the body," an officer of Anandapur police station said.

Officers from the homicide section of Kolkata Police's Detective Department also went to the spot for gathering of evidences.

The photograph of the deceased has already been circulated at all the police stations under the jurisdiction of Kolkata Police and its adjoining police stations for ascertaining the identity as quick as possible. The woman had a ring on her right hand.

"We are grilling the workers deployed at the pumping station to know whether they had any idea about the identity of the woman. The pumping station has security guards deployed round-the-clock there," an officer of Anandapur police station said.