New Delhi: Police on Friday recovered the decomposed body of a man from the jungle of Tughlakabad in South-East Delhi. The identity of the deceased man is yet to be ascertained.
According to sources, some locals spotted the body of the man in the forest this morning and alerted the same to the police. On intimation, cops reached the spot and launched a probe into the matter.
The body was wrapped in a gunny bag which indicates that the man was murdered somewhere else and the body was dumped in the jungle, the police said.
"We received information about the body lying in the jungle area of Tughlaqabad Fort. The decomposed corpse in a red and black striped T-shirt and black half pants was found wrapped in a gunny bag," said DCP South-East Delhi, R P Meena.
"A tattoo of 'Reena Sambhu Durga Devi' was also found inscribed on his right hand," he said.
A silver metallic ring embedded with a black stone was found on the right hand of the body and a copper one in the left-hand finger.
"A case has been registered under Sections 302/201 of the IPC. Efforts are being made to identify the deceased," the officer said.
A probe into the matter is underway and the actual cause of death will be revealed after the post-mortem report arrives, the police added.
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