AHMEDABAD: A stinking smell led the Khokhra police to a body of a woman, around 35 years of age. The body was found hidden in a moulded polythene water tank kept on the third floor of a garment factory in Mohan Estate.
When informed about the body in the water tank, police rushed there and the woman’s body was taken out with the help of fire brigade personnel who used tree-cutting blades to cut the tank. “While the tank was being cut, utmost care was taken to ensure that the body did not receive any injury or mark,” said a police official.
“It seems, the woman was killed a couple of days back. We have alerted all police stations and sought information about any missing woman in their jurisdiction,” said Y S Gamit, police inspector of Khokhra police station. The body is yet to be identified, said Gamit.
He said that the cops are yet to get the postmortem copy. “Once we get the postmortem report, there would be more clarity on the time of death and the modus operandi,” Gamit said.
According to a senior police official, the woman was identified as a resident of Amraiwadi late on Tuesday night. “The identity has not been revealed as this would impede the investigation process,” he said.
The cops said that the terrace on which the body was found was that of the garment factory which was not operational round the clock. Police have questioned the staff of the garment factory and have not ruled out the hand of an insider. “It is possible that the woman was killed after all the workers had left. There is also the possibility of the woman being in relationship with the accused and murdered following any dispute,” said a police official. He said police have zeroed in on three-four persons.
This according to police is the second such incident where the body was disposed of in a water tank. The first incident was also in the eastern part of the city. Police had recovered a body which was dispose of in a tank used for storage of wheat. The incident was reported from Maninagar.
