man’s body found in bag

The police have registered a case of murder after the recovery of a man’s body in Sector 29 here today.

The police said the deceased, aged around 33 years, was yet to be identified. The body was found packed in a suitcase dumped along the bypass road here. It was wrapped in a polythene bag before being packed in the bag. The body bore injury marks. The police reached the spot after some locals noticed the bag lying with smell emanating from it. The deceased had a black T-shirt on.

A police official said while the body had been sent for postmortem, a probe had been launched after registration of a case under Section 302 of the IPC.