Bhubaneswar, Dec. 10 -- Malkangiri police on Wednesday recovered the severed head of a woman nearly 40 kilometres from the spot where her headless body was found last week. The recovery was made near a riverbank close to a Kanya Ashram in Rakhelguda during a follow-up investigation, sources said. Officers rushed to the area after being alerted by villagers.

According to reports, the woman's headless body was recovered on December 4. However, the missing head had remained untraceable until today, fuelling tensions and disputes between MV-26 and Rakhelguda villages over the past several days.

Police have intensified their investigation to determine the circumstances leading to the gruesome incident.Authorities stated that this absence of ...