India, Nov. 25 -- A decomposed body of an unidentified woman was found stuffed inside a suitcase and dumped under the Palava Flyover in Dombivli on Monday afternoon, prompting the police to register a murder case and launch a multi-city search to establish her identity.

The suitcase was spotted around 1.45 pm in a secluded patch near Desai Creek, under the Shil-Daighar police station limits. Officers said the body appeared to have been disposed of in the creeks and drains along the flyover to conceal the crime.

"The victim seems to be between 25 and 30 years of age. The body was in a decomposed state, and she may have been killed around three days ago," said Shriram Pol, senior police inspector, Shil-Daighar police station. Police suspe...