Unidentified woman body recovered from drain in Agartala city

Amidst tight security across Agartala city over the visit of President Droupadi Murmu, a body of an unidentified woman was recovered in mysterious condition at the busiest tri-junction area of Kalyani and Water Supply road under East Agartala police station in drain on Wednesday afternoon.

Soon after recovery of the body, panic triggered in that locality and police with a forensic team rushed to the spot to recover the body.

Police sources said that on Wednesday afternoon at about 2 PM some pedestrians passing through the tri-junction area of Kalyani and Water Supply road noticed a floating body of a woman in the drain. They immediately informed some local residents as well as the police.

Police team from East Agartala police station rushed to the spot and they also brought the forensic team to collect evidence. Police recovered the body and shifted to GB Hospital morgue.

While giving details SDPO(Sadar) Ajoy Kumar Das said that apparently there were no injury marks in the body and police cannot say anything in details till the finding of autopsy and forensic report.

He said that till night the identity of the deceased woman was yet to be established and even the local people were not able to identify the woman. Das added that police registering an unnatural death (UD) case started investigation to identify the woman and reason of her death and who the body has been found in the drain water.