ROURKELA: Police have intensified investigation after an unidentified young woman was found brutally murdered and her body dumped under a bridge of NH-143 near Chandiposh, around 35 km from Rourkela, in Sundargarh district on Wednesday.
Police said the perpetrators of the crime unsuccessfully tried to burn the woman’s body and escaped in a hurry due to frequent movement of vehicles on the highway.
Rourkela SP Nitesh Wadhwani on Thursday said the deceased woman was aged between 22 and 28 years. The spot where her body was found did not have fresh blood stain.