Severed head of a young woman was found in a road-side garbage vat on Friday morning at Golf Green, a posh residential area in South Kolkata.
The head was found inside a plastic bag in the vat, located behind a residential high-rise building.
Preliminary examination of the severed head revealed the deceased was murdered within the past 12 hours and a sharp weapon was used to commit the crime.
A search operation has been launched across the southern part of the state capital as the sleuths of Kolkata police say the killer might have dumped the body or body parts elsewhere.
A sniffer dog was brought to the spot to trace the route along which the severed head was brought to the vat.
“The sniffer dog ran nearly one km and entered a housing complex. It stopped in a corner of the complex premises where similar plastic bags were kept.
We questioned the residents of the housing. Most of them are senior citizens. They could not give us any lead,” said an officer at Golf Green police station.
Bidisha Kalita, the deputy commissioner of police, south suburban division, said, “Identifying the deceased is the prime objective now. Efforts to identify the victim have been initiated.”
Police started examining the footage of the CCTVs installed along the roads leading to the vat and buildings in the nearby areas.
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