India, June 7 -- Three decomposing bodies were found on Thursday in a car that had fallen into a nullah near Umbermali village along the Mumbai-Nashik highway. Police suspect an accident took place five days ago but went unnoticed as the car was concealed by dense vegetation.

On Thursday, when a woman from the village was grazing her cattle, she noticed the half-submerged car and a foul smell emanating from it. She informed the villagers who then alerted the police. A team from the Kasara police department and personnel from the disaster management unit reached the spot and found the three bodies inside the vehicle in a highly decomposed state.

The deceased have been identified as Yadnesh Waghela, a resident of Khar, Pravin Kumar Singh,...