In a bizarre development, the dead body of a young girl was found stuffed in a sack and dumped under the Mullanpur bridge on Ferozepur Road in Ludhiana on Wednesday. The body was found barely 200 meters from the residence of a Punjab Cabinet Minister.
According to police, two unidentified men arrived on a motorcycle and were seen discarding the sack from the bridge. Initially, it was assumed that it was an animal carcass, possibly a dog, but upon closer inspection, they discovered the decomposing body of a young woman. Locals immediately informed the police.
The incident, caught on video by alert passersby, shows the suspects on a motorcycle, one of them dressed in a security guard uniform. The eyewitnesses described the duo as a middle-aged man around 50 and a youth aged between 20 and 23. One of them reportedly told bystanders the sack only contained mango peels.
Police teams, led by a duty officer who was stationed at the city bus stand, rushed to the scene. The body has been sent to Civil Hospital for post-mortem. Investigators confirmed that the suspects fled the scene, leaving behind the motorcycle.
The police have obtained CCTV footage and mobile video recordings that captured the suspects and the motorcycle’s number plate. Efforts are underway to trace the vehicle and identify the culprits.