A woman in Andhra Pradesh who was expecting a consignment containing electrical appliances for her home received a wooden crate containing a partially decomposed body and a threat letter demanding Rs 1.3 crore.
The body of a young man with slit throat was recovered in front of a relative's house in the Singhirchak area of Raidighi in South 24-Parganas.
A decomposed body of a youth, who'd mysteriously disappeared in the evening of Sashthi of Durga Puja on 6 October from near a Puja pandal was unearthed this afternoon in Bishnupur.
A floating body of a woman was fished out of Damodar river by the police near Burdwan town this morning.
The body was promptly transported to a hospital and preserved for a postmortem examination. Preliminary investigations suggest that the body was dumped in the park shortly after the baby's birth, asserted officials.
According to the police, the deceased has been identified as Sudangshu Das, 48. He lived on the premises of the office for an entire year.
The reason for death is not clear yet. Police are trying to ascertain the reason and are waiting for the postmortem report.
It is alleged that other patients in the ward had informed the doctors but the staff left the body lying in the same place for hours.
According to police, the body was found late Wednesday by a few persons who were sent by the actor to examine the land and suggest a suitable crop for cultivation.
Autopsy reports are awaited to find out the identity of the corpse and cause of death, adding that no injury marks have been reported on the body.
