This story is from May 25, 2019

Body found near Howrah station, cops sniff rape-murder

Body found near Howrah station, cops sniff rape-murder
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HOWRAH: An unidentified woman in her early 30s was found dead at the bus stand close to Howrah station on Friday. Cops suspect the woman was raped and then murdered as she was bleeding profusely from her private parts.
Her body has been sent for autopsy.
This is the second such incident within 20 days since another woman’s body had been recovered from Belur. Cops are yet to identify her killers.
The police have scanned the surveillance camera footage outside the station and the roads leading to the bus stand where the woman’s body was found on Friday. The footage showed that a person resembling the deceased was moving around in the area late on Thursday evening. police officer said the woman, dressed in a salwar-kameez, was unlike a homeless person. “We suspect that somebody had taken her to the bus stand with a promise of help. There are CCTV cameras in the roads around the bus stand, but the spot where her body was found was not within its coverage. Her killer might be aware of this. Her body had several injury marks and was lying between two parked buses. Her tattered clothes were near her body. The rapist might have killed her when she had raised an alarm. We are looking for some people who might be present around the bus stand during the incident,” added the police officer.
With the election results being declared on Thursday, many buses were parked at the stand and very few people were around throughout the day. Even the stalls in the area, which usually remain open till late evening, were also shut. The killer might have taken the advantage of the roads that wore a deserted look on that day, according to the police. “We are going through the CCTV footage and also trying to identify the woman. Things may get clearer once we get the autopsy report,” said Amit Rathore, DC (north), Howrah police.
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