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Decomposed Body Found Sealed in Plastic Near Delhi's Hindon Canal

Police are reviewing CCTV alongside missing-person records pending an autopsy on the cause of death.

Overview

  • Officers responded Saturday evening to a call about a suspicious object at a dry bend of the canal opposite Mulla Colony.
  • A Ghazipur Police team opened a plastic bag tightly wrapped in brown tape and discovered a badly decomposed male body.
  • The site was cordoned off as crime-scene and forensic teams were deployed to collect evidence.
  • The body, believed to be several days old, was preserved at the mortuary for identification and post-mortem.
  • An FIR has been registered, and investigators are examining whether the killing occurred elsewhere before the body was dumped near the canal.