Two Held for Rape, Murder After Unidentified Woman's Decomposed Body Found In Mumbai Building

Two people have been taken into custody for the rape and murder of a young woman whose body was found on the terrace of a vacant residential building in Kurla in Mumbai, a senior police official said on Saturday.

A 20-year-old woman was found dead in a lift room inside the compound of a construction company in Kurla. The woman was allegedly found with serious injury marks on her head and body. A case of rape and murder has been filed at Vinoba Bhava police station in Kurla.

A case of rape and murder had been registered on the basis of the post mortem report and special teams with personnel from neighbouring police stations as well had been formed to identify the woman and crack the case. Late Saturday evening, Joint Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) Vishwas Nangre Patil said the rape and murder case had been solved and both the accused were in custody.

“The woman’s body, which had started decomposing, was found in a vacant building. A case has been registered under Sections 376 & 302 of IPC,” Mumbai police had said.

DCP (Zone 5) Pranay Ashok said that special teams had been formed to ascertain the identity of the victim. “CCTV footage is being checked… Post mortem report shows evidence of the sexual assault,” he said.

Chitra Kishor Wagh, Maharashtra BJP Vice President, said that this is a very serious incident. After Sakinaka incident one or two incidents also happened and now this Kurla rape and murder.”

“Maharashtra government has to answer why such incidents are taking place,” said Wagh. She also said in a tweet that Mumbai, once known for the safety of women, is now on the path of ‘Jungle Raj’.  “Like the potholes of Mumbai, the law and order here also seems to have gone into the pit,” said a rough translation of Wagh’s tweet.

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