The beheaded body of a 25-year-old woman, who had been missing since last night, was recovered from Pipradih forest area around 6 km from the Nawadih police station on Wednesday morning.
The body was sent to Chas sub-divisional hospital for post-mortem. The Nawadih Police later lodged an FIR in this regard.The deceased Rekha
Devi, wife of Jid lal Mahto, was the resident of Koriabera village under the Nawadih police station. The body was later to be identified as Rekha Devi by local villagers.
Police suspect Rekha Devi, wife of Jid lal Mahto, who belonged to the Koriabera village, might have been lynched as her body — found near Pipradih forest area — bore several injury marks made by sticks and other traditional weapons.
Police sources said that Rekha Devi was brutally murdered in her house by some one last night. Stabbing marks on her neck suggest that the woman was killed with sharp-edged weapons and her body was thrown in the forest area.