The Gorai police have launched an investigation following the discovery of a dismembered male body in a pit surrounded by bushes along the road from Babarpada to Picxy Sea Resort in Shephali village, Gorai, on Sunday afternoon. According to police sources, the unidentified remains were found in seven parts kept in four 20-litre paint drums that were wrapped using plastic sacks and left at the site.

Passersby noticed a strong foul smell in the area, prompting one of them to report it to the Mumbai Police Control Room. The Gorai police rushed to the spot and were shocked to find the plastic drums containing human body parts. “In one drum there was a head and two hands, in the second a torso, in the third two thighs, and in the fourth, both lower legs were kept. All the joints in the body were separated using a sharp weapon or cutter,” said an officer.