India, March 15 -- The Mandvi police, in Virar East, have registered a case of murder against unknown people after a skull was found in a suitcase dumped along the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Highway on Thursday night. On Friday, the police launched a search operation to find the remaining parts of the body, which they suspect to be of a woman.

According to police, a local found the suitcase when he halted the two-wheeler he was driving (with a friend in pillion) on the highway, to relieve himself. When he ventured into the bushes, he found a closed suitcase. When he opened it out of curiosity, he found a skull with long hair attached to it bundled up in a plastic bag.

He shared this with locals, who alerted Mandvi police. "A campaign was launched...