Thane: The body of an unidentified woman was found dumped in a box at the Kasara Ghat in Thane district of Maharashtra, a police official said on Monday.
Some passers-by informed the police control room on Sunday about the foul smell at a spot on the ghat section.
"When the police reached the spot, they saw a big cardboard box there and on opening, it found the decomposed body having several injury marks," the official said.
The official added they suspect that the woman, presumably in her 50's, was killed around 10 days back and the body was later dumped in the ghat area.
The body was sent for postmortem to a government hospital in Sahapur area and a case was registered under Indian Penal Code Sections 302 (murder) and 201 (causing the disappearance of evidence of offense), he said.
A probe was currently underway to identify the deceased and nab the culprit, he added.
