Unidentified woman's body found in sack

The body of an unidentified woman found inside a sack, with her limbs tied with ropes, at central Delhi's Daryaganj area today put police in a fix with the emergence of multiple claimants and their subsequent retractions.
The body of the woman, aged around 25 years, was found by a patrolling team around 12.45 AM, following which photographs were shared over Whatsapp groups so that she could be identified, said a senior police official.
In the morning, one person claimed to have identified the body as that of a social worker from Dimapur in Nagaland. Soon, Delhi Police's Special Unit for Women and Children, which also looks into matters related to people from northeast states living in the city, was informed, said the official.

In no time, the Delhi-based unit of an NGO turned up to claim the body but they later retracted saying the dead woman wasn't the one they were looking for.
Meanwhile, Delhi Police's central district also checked with Nagaland Police, who later said that the body did not belong to the social worker, the official said.
In the afternoon, a security force personnel turned up at the Daryaganj police station claiming the body, saying that he had heard that his wife was found dead. But after some time, he retracted, saying that his wife was alive and is presently at Bokaro in Jharkhand, the official said.

However, the police assumed that he was trying to mislead them and so questioned him for quite some time. On being questioned he told the police that one of his relatives came across the photograph. He identified the woman as his wife and rang him up.

Also when he tried, he failed to get in touch with his wife. So he believed the relative and approached the police to claim the body. But things got clear even before he was shown the body. He was allowed to leave only after the police were assured that his wife was alive, the official said.

Presently, the police are dealing with two more claimants -- one identifying the woman as a native of Shimla who went missing recently, and the other identifying her as a native of Nepal, the official said.
"The identity of the woman is yet to be ascertained. We have registered a case of murder and have contacted police departments in other states about the matter. Investigation is underway," DCP (Central) Parmaditya said.