The body of a 20-year-old woman was found in the thicket near Uran railway station in Navi Mumbai, after which a murder case was registered, a police official said on Sunday.
The body was found at 2:15am on Saturday, Deputy Commissioner of Police Vivek Pansare said.
The victim, who worked in Belapur, had taken half-day leave on Friday and the murder may have taken place between 3:30pm and 4pm that day, the DCP said.
"A case under section 103 of Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita has been registered against unidentified person/s. Three teams have been formed to trace the accused. The Crime Branch is also probing the case independently," he informed.
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