Headless body found near Videocon Towers

Police said the victim appeared to be in his mid-forties and was wearing “fine” clothes. No other objects were recovered from the spot,police added.

“We found a body of an unidentified male lying behind the Videocon Tower. Our first step is to identify the body. There were stab injuries in the stomach of the victim,” said Vivek Kishore,Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central).

Eyewitnesses said the body was covered with a sack and was first spotted by a tempo-driver who was passing through the area early in the morning.

“I was having tea here around 7 am when the driver came and informed me and two security guards of a nearby building about a body in the urinal. We rushed to see it and then informed the police about it. The body was in the corner of the urinal and there were blood stains around. The victim wore a kurta and shorts. We tried to help the police in locating the head,but it wasn’t found,” said Munshi Ram (55),Pradhan of the area.

Tea-stall owners outside the park added that they had been in the area till 1 am on Saturday. They body must have been dumped after that,they said. “It seems to be a pre-dawn incident because we came back to our shops at 6 am,” said Uma Shanker (60).

Claiming it to be a safe locality,Shanker said he set up his stall in the area in 1986 and nothing of this kind had happened since.