India, Nov. 6 -- The headless body of an unidentified woman was found in a drain in Sector 108 in Noida along the Noida-Greater Noida Expressway on Thursday, police said. Her hands had been chopped off at the wrists, and the body was naked, a senior police officer said.

The body, which was found near an open ground of an upscale high-rise and the Sector 108 park, has been retrieved and sent for post-mortem examination.

Police said the woman is suspected to have been killed within the last 24-48 hours.

The officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the police received information about the body from a passerby on the emergency helpline number at around noon. The caller said the body was floating in an eight-foot-deep drain at an...