AGARTALA, Oct 5: The decomposed body of a 37-year-old woman was found in a plastic sack in her house in Tripura’s Khowai district, police said on Sunday.
After being alerted by villagers about a foul smell emanating from the house, a police team rushed to Maiganga, five km from Teliamura police station on Saturday night and recovered the decomposed body stuffed in a plastic sack.
“Circumstantial evidence suggests it was not a suicide case. It might be a murder, we have started an investigation to know the actual cause of death. A forensic team also visited the spot”, Officer in Charge (OC), Teliamura police station, Jayanta Dey told reporters.
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He said the woman identified as Sharmistha Modak (37) used to live in Dasda in North Tripura area after her marriage.
“After getting divorce from her husband, she had developed a relationship with a close relative, to which the woman’s family had strong objection. Thereafter, the family did not maintain any relation with her”, he said.
The woman constructed a house at Maiganga and used to live alone, Dey said. (PTI)
