Updated On: 20 June, 2019 10:47 AM IST | Assam | mid-day online desk
A headless body of a woman in semi-nude state was recovered on Wednesday near the Kamakhya temple atop the Nilachal Hill ahead of the annual religious fair on the occasion of Ambubachi festival

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In a shocking incident, a headless body of a woman was found on Wednesday near the Kamakhya temple atop the Nilachal Hill ahead of the annual religious fair on the occasion of Ambubachi festival. The police also found items used in offering prayers like an earthen lamp, a red thread, an earthen pot, an empty plastic bottle, a plastic hand fan, a steel tumbler near the dead body, which was in semi-nude state. The torso was found on the steps leading to the Banadurga temple adjacent to the main Kamakhya temple, police said.