Local authorities in Palghar district have come across severely decomposed remains of a woman at Vaitarna Creek, reported PTI. The distressing find was made public on Saturday, raising concerns and prompting an investigation into the circumstances surrounding this tragic incident.

According to officials from the Mira Bhayandar-Vasai Virar police, the lifeless body was located beneath a railway bridge within the vicinity of the creek on the preceding Friday evening. The advanced state of decomposition has made it exceedingly difficult to identify the victim, the police were quoted as saying in the PTI report.