Police recovered body parts of a man packed in two zinc boxes from the famous Narendra Puskarini (pond) here on Wednesday.
The Kumbharpada police recovered the boxes floating in the pond. After opening the boxes, the police found that the killers had cut the body in two sections and packed them in the boxes and dumped them in the pond. A local resident while bathing in the pond spotted the boxes, and when he opened one box he found the head and chest of a bald man. He informed the police, who also recovered the other floating box and found the rest of the body parts.Police believed that the middle-aged man was killed elsewhere and then cut into two and the killers packed his body parts into the boxes and dumped the boxes in the pond.During the preliminary inquiry, police believed that the murder was committed two to three days ago. Police suspected involvement of more than one killer in the case.
The boxes had begun floating after decomposition of the body, which was yet to be identified. The body was sent for postmortem to the District Headquarters Hospital here while investigation into the case was on.