Woman's Body With Injury Marks Found Dumped On Eastern Peripheral Expressway In Greater Noida

An unidentified body of a woman was found dumped on the Eastern Peripheral Expressway under Dadri police station in Uttar Pradesh on Monday.

According to the police, the body of the woman said to be in her 20s had several injury marks and the head was crushed which has made it difficult to identify the victim.

Woman's body found on Greater Noida Eastern Peripheral Expressway, suspicion of murder and throwing dead body. Police is investigating on the spot. pic.twitter.com/fFUuPDf9BA

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Police said they received information about a woman's body on the EPE around 7 am.

Police suspect accident

Abhishek Verma, DSP Greater Noida said a police team immediately reached the spot after receiving the information.

"When Police reached the spot, they found injury marks on the hands, head and feet of the deceased woman. The footprints of a Truck tyre were also found at the scene," Verma added.

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¡°An unknown woman¡¯s body was found on the Eastern Peripheral Highway under Dadri Police Station area. The station in-charge immediately reached the spot with force. The dead body has been sent for postmortem after filing the FIR. Prime Facie death appears to be due to an accident. All the points are being probed thoroughly,¡± Police Commissioner Gautam Buddh Nagar said in a statement.

Delhi woman dragged 4kms on the road

The incident comes to light a day after a woman was killed in Delhi after the two-wheeler she was travelling on was hit by a car and she was dragged by the vehicle for more than four kilometres.

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It is believed that the woman's clothes or a body part got stuck under the vehicle and the five men in the car, unaware of this, drove it dragging the body along.

The police said that they have arrested five persons, who were in the car. They were identified as Deepak Khanna, Amit Khanna, Krishan, Mitthu and Manoj Mittal.

CCTV visuals of the incident showed the silver coloured car, Maruti Baleno making a U-turn in the Kanjhawala area and the body of the woman is visible under the vehicle on the left side.

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Rarest of rare cases: Delhi CM

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday called the incident a "rarest of rare" crime and urged Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena to take "exemplary action'' against the accused.

"It is a rarest of rare crime. I don't know where society is heading. I have learnt that the postmortem is underway, " he told reporters at a ceremony to flag off 50 electric buses.

Calling it an "extremely shameful" incident, he said, "I appeal that the accused, despite whatever influence they might hold, be given the strictest punishment."

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