Last seen on the morning of February 19 at a pick-up spot for daily labourers, a 35-year-old woman from Chhattisgarh was found dead in a gunny bag in the Moshi Road area of Pimpri Chinchwad on Friday.
The initial investigation established the identity of the deceased woman as Tannu Devendra Sahu, 35, who hailed from Gariaband district of Chhattisgarh and currently lived in Chakrapani Vasahat in Bhosari.
On Friday evening, the police received a call from the driver of a container who reported a strong foul smell coming from an open space near Matere House Chowk on Jadhavwadi Moshi Road. When patrolling marshals from the Bhosari MIDC police station reached the spot, they discovered the body of the woman which was stuffed in a yellow-coloured gunny bag. The gunny bag had been placed in a bush cover next to the open space, officials said.
A cell phone was also found along with the body which had started decomposing. The police launched the probe with the help of the cell phone and the body was sent for autopsy. A case of murder along with charges of destruction of evidence was registered at Bhosari MIDC police station.
“Initial investigation revealed that the deceased and her husband have been working as daily wage labourers at construction sites. This is her second marriage and the couple have two children. The doctors have reserved the opinion on the cause of the death pending chemical analysis of the viscera,” said an officer who is part of the probe.
The officer added, “We have come to know that for going to work every day, the deceased used to wait at a pick spot for labourers near their house. On the morning of February 19, the deceased went to this pick spot and it was the last she was seen alive. We are working on some leads.”
When contacted, Ganesh Jamdar, in-charge of Bhosari MIDC police station, said, “We are probing the motive behind the murder and the sequence of events leading up to it.”
