Murder FIR lodged three days after woman’s body found tied to chair

MOHALI: Three days after a semiclad body of a woman tied to a chair with its hands and feet chained was found floating in a pond in Dera Bassi’s Saidpura village, police on Monday registered murder case against unidentified persons.

The case under Section 302 of the IPC was registered at the Dera Bassi police station on the basis of a statement by Nirmal Singh, a local leader of the village.

“The body of the woman was found with its hands and feet chained. A gunny bag with bricks was also recovered with the body, presumably to ensure the victim drowned, so we have registered a murder case” said Kuldeep Singh, investigating officer.

Proceedings in the case began after the body was kept in the mortuary for 72 hours for identification. Police estimated the body, which had not been identified and was pulled out of the pond by villagers, to be about eight to 10 days old as it was swollen. Postmortem examination would be done on Tuesday. HTC