Sewri police have nabbed a man accused of murdering a female victim and fleeing from the scene. The matter came to light on January 22 when an unidentified body was found near Bhaucha Dhakka; the police suspect the victim was killed a week before.

An FIR was registered on January 24 as the post-mortem reports stated that the woman died due to a head injury. The police has booked him under Section 302 (murder) and 209 (making false claims) of the IPC. “The body was completely decomposed; only the skull and her jewellery were intact. We put up posters to identify the victim and questioned nearby shopkeepers and around 200 women from the locality, in addition to checking missing records,” said Port Zone DCP Sanjay Latkar.