India, June 30 -- A woman's body, with legs tied to the neck, was reportedly found stuffed inside a bag and dumped in a municipal corporation garbage truck late Saturday night in Karnataka's Bengaluru, with police suspecting sexual assault before murder.

Findings from preliminary investigation suggest that the woman may have been sexually assaulted before being murdered. Her body had a T-shirt belonging to a private company and a pair of pants, but no undergarments, according to an indiatoday.in report.

However, a PTI news agency report quoted a police officer saying that preliminary findings suggest death due to smothering, but the exact cause and whether there was any sexual assault will be confirmed after investigation and postmortem...