A headless body of an unidentified woman aged between 30 and 40 years was found near the Dasapur area on the Bharatpur-Chandaka road under the Chandaka police station in Bhubaneswar on Thursday.
It was suspected that the killer might have beheaded the woman to conceal her identity. It was also assumed that she was killed elsewhere and her body was dumped on the roadside. Police seized gloves and an empty liquor from near the spot where the body was found.City Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Umashankar Dash, who was at the spot, said, “The headless body of a woman was found here. Prime facie, it seems she has been murdered. We have cordoned the entire area. The forensic team is looking for clues at the spot.
A dog squad is also pressed into service.”The DCP further said that police have launched a search operation in the area. The identity of the woman was yet to be ascertained.He appealed to people to inform police if any woman in the age group of 30 to 40 has been missing from the locality since the last two to three days.
The incident has triggered shockwaves among locals in the area. Notably, this incident was reported a few days after Rama Devi Women’s University student Jharaphula Nayak’s death probably at a guesthouse at Dharma Vihar in the city.