VARANASI: Sensation prevailed near Kalkadham Bridge under Kapsethi police station when a gunny bag containing mutilated body of an unidentified woman was found thrown here on Monday morning.

According to reports, some passers-by noticed that some jackals were trying to tear a gunny bag lying on the eastern corner of the bridge.

After chasing away the jackals they opened it and found a mutilated body inside. They reported the matter to police.

The initial investigations revealed that apart from beheading the woman, who aged around 26, the killers had also chopped one of her hands.

Marks of injuries on the body of red sari clad woman hinted that the killers had also tried to burn the body. It is suspected that the woman was raped before killing.

To hide her identity the killers chopped her head and hand before dumping the body near Kalkadham Bridge. Police are trying to ascertain the identity of the woman after sending the body for postmortem.

Labourers injured: At least two labourers suffered serious injuries when the balcony of a dilapidated house collapsed during the reapair work in Naisadak area under Chetganj police station on Monday.

According to reports, some labourers including Shobhan (20) and Manohar (25) of Chaubeypur were busy in repairing an old house when the incident occurred.

They were rushed to SPG Divisional Hospital where their condition was stated to be serious.

