Maharashtra: Body wrapped in PPE kit found on nat’l highway

Mumbai: A highly decomposed body of a man wrapped in a PPE kit was found on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad National Highway at Manor in Palghar district on Saturday morning.
The Manor police found an Aadhar card of a young man with an Osmanabad district address and some articles around the body. The police suspect that the victim, in his 40’s may have been mentally unstable and landed in Manor.The discarded PPE kit may have been picked up on his way. Among his possessions were a ladies wallet, two mobile handsets without SIM cards, a toothbrush, a sanitizer bottle and some old railway tickets.
The body has been sent for autopsy. The cops will contact the address on the Aadhar card for information on the victim. A case of accidental death has been registered.