Bodies of two persons, including a woman, were found in separate cardboard boxes lying near a drain in suburban Mumbai, police said today.
Three persons have been detained in this connection, they said adding that a probe has been launched into this suspected case of 'double murder'.
The bodies were recovered last evening from the cardboard boxes, which were found lying near a nullah (drain) in Morekar wadi-Dhanukarwadi close to the cremation ground behind Thakur International School in suburban Kandivali, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Detection Dhananjay Kulkarni said.
The bodies, identified as that of artist (painter) Hema Upadhyay and advocate Harish Bhambhani, were later sent for autopsy, said Chimaji Aadhav, senior inspector of Unit 11 of the Mumbai crime branch.
Both the bodies were found with their hands and legs tied with ropes inside the boxes, police said.
Meanwhile, three persons have been detained in this connection and are being questioned, police said adding that a case has been registered in this connection.
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Meanwhile there has been widespread condemnation about the murder.
KPCC President V M Sudheeran said the incident was 'shocking' as a youth who was acquitted by court was brutally killed. The incident points to the fact that CPI(M) will carry out their punishment irrespective of court decisions, he said.
The barbaric attack was the latest example of the 'political vendetta' and violent politics being indulged, allegedly by CPI(M) workers, he said.
Blaming the Marxist party for the brutal killing, former Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and Opposition leader Ramesh Chennithala attacked the CPI(M), saying it hadimplemented the 'death sentence'.
