Thane: The body of a young woman buried in the beach sands of Pachu Island in Vasai was recovered here, police said Tuesday.
The body was recovered last evening when police received a complaint from one of the residents Sanjay Bhoya, who went for a evening stroll on the beach in Pachu along with his dog. It sniffed something foul in the nearby bushes and began barking, police official, A S Sonar of Vasai police station said.
The site was dug up and a portion of her body was found, following which Bhoya informed the police and it was exhumed and sent for postmortem, he said. Police said a case to destroy evidence under section 302 of the IPC has been registered against unknown persons and searches have been launched to nab the killers.
Further investigations are on.
PTI