The GRP, which is investigating the case of a woman’s body found in a suitcase, on Thursday revealed that the victim was assaulted before she was throttled.
The police said that CCTV footage has revealed that the suitcase was brought from the Pune-Mumbai Sinhagad Express by two persons in there 20s, who then abandoned it at the CST platform.
In order to find leads, the police is also checking the cameras installed at stations between Pune and Mumbai, which include Pune, Shivaji Nagar, Khadki, Pimpri, Chinchwad, Lonavla, Khandala, Kalyan and Dadar. According to the police, preliminary probe has revealed that the two persons were carrying a pink suitcase. The probe has revealed that after abandoning the bag, the two persons walked out of the station through the station concourse.
Sources stated that the CCTV cameras at stations between CST and Kalyan, and Pune have not revealed any person carrying the suitcase, indicating that the accused might have boarded the train from a station between Kalyan and Shivaji Nagar. “The cameras at CST have shown the two persons, who brought the suitcase…We are now trying to identify the faces of the accused,” said a senior GRP officer. The CST GRP has circulated the photos and the description of the 30-year-old victim to their counterparts. “We are also investigating if any missing persons complaint was filed in other divisions,” Somnath Tambe, inspector of CST GRP said.
The Pune police has already confirmed that there has been no missing complaint of a woman registered between Pune and Khandala.