Overview

• Passersby spotted the head around 11:30 am Saturday near a slaughterhouse on Idgah Road in Bhiwandi and alerted authorities.
• Police estimate the victim’s age at 25–30 and recovered metal jewellery from the nose and ears, sending both to Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital for examination.
• A case has been registered against unidentified persons under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections 103(1) for murder and 238 for destruction of evidence.
• Search teams are combing creek banks for remaining body parts as the fire department, an ambulance and a forensic unit assisted at the scene.
• Investigators are reviewing missing-person reports to establish the victim’s identity, and no arrests or confirmed identification have been announced.