The body of a boy aged between seven and eight years old was found in Panvel on Monday morning. According to police, the body was bundled in a white, plastic bag and dumped by the highway at Kundevahal on the Uran-Palaspe lane of NH 4B.
“The child was wearing a pair of black shorts and a greenish-blue T-shirt with a faded print of ‘Champion of Soccer’ on it. His body has been sent for a post-mortem to Panvel Rural Hospital,” said Ajay Kumar Landge, senior inspector at Panvel police station.
Police said the body was discovered by a passerby around 11am, a kilometre away from Kundevahal village. Panvel police have registered a case of murder and are scanning CCTV camera footage from the area to verify if the suspects brought the body in a vehicle. “It is unclear when the body was dumped and who dumped it. The autopsy will reveal what specific injuries are on the body,” said Ashok Dudhe, deputy commissioner of police, zone II.
Dattatray Patil, deputy sarpanch of the village closest to the spot where the body was found, said it was dumped near a Gaondevi temple. The boy had facial injuries that police suspect may have been the result of being beaten before he died. Police have formed teams and are talking to villagers of Kundevahal to help identify the boy.
{{/usCountry}}Dattatray Patil, deputy sarpanch of the village closest to the spot where the body was found, said it was dumped near a Gaondevi temple. The boy had facial injuries that police suspect may have been the result of being beaten before he died. Police have formed teams and are talking to villagers of Kundevahal to help identify the boy.
{{/usCountry}}Body found in Kalyan
The body of a man, aged between 40 and 45 years, was found by locals in a nullah near Patripool in Kalyan on Monday. Tilak Nagar police sent it to the Rukminibai civic hospital for post mortem and filed a case of accidental death. “The body has minor injuries, we don’t suspect it to be a murder,” said an officer.
(With inputs from Sajana Nambiar)