Decapitated body of woman found in Mysuru Canal

MYSURU

: A decapitated body of a woman was found in

Virija

canal near

Kalasthwadi

in

Metagalli

police on Thursday.

The woman head and both of her hands too have been chopped off. The torso too was halved and thrown in the canal. Police said head and hands are still missing. It has made difficult for them to identify the person.

Police have also found a big blue-coloured plastic cover and a red sari in it. Cops are suspecting her assailants may have murdered her elsewhere and body has been dumped in the canal.

Punith

, a passer-by, tipped-off police about the body floating in the canal.