Gorakhpur, Jan. 30 -- In a suspected case of rape and murder, the naked body of a 35-year-old woman was found early Friday morning under the Bairghatta bridge in the PPGanj area of Gorakhpur, triggering panic in the locality.
Police and forensic teams reached the spot soon after receiving the information and collected evidence. The woman's identity has not yet been established.
According to police, the woman's body bore multiple injury marks, and her head had been brutally crushed with a brick, apparently to conceal her identity. Locals who had gone for a morning walk spotted the body and informed the authorities.
Drag marks were found near the spot, leading investigators to believe that the woman was murdered elsewhere and her body was ...