A dead body of an unidentified person was found in an Elkathurthi car in Hanumakonda district, triggering alarm among residents.
The car was parked suspiciously in the same place for nearly two days, and local residents called the police after they found a bad smell coming from it, said sources.
Neighbors were also suspicious when the car was parked for an unusually long time and the car started to stink, neighbors said. The police arrived quickly and they started to check it out right away.
Police found the body of someone in the car, the report said. There was commotion in the area and a few locals gathered to watch the police work.
Police moved the body to a hospital for postmortem examination. The autopsy should help to understand the cause and approximate time of death.
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The case of the vehicle and the body inside it will be examined, and the police will investigate the circumstances, investigators said.
Police will also gather information from residents in the vicinity and look at CCTV footage in the area to find out when the car came and who was associated with it.
According to residents, the car was parked for two days before the body was found. But police have not commented on what was behind the death, and there is no concrete evidence that the person died.
There is a continuing investigation, and investigators will probably have to rely on the postmortem findings and other evidence from the scene. The deceased and relatives are also being sought, and there is a search for relatives.
The incident has made Elkathurthi residents upset, and they are waiting for answers about what happened regarding the death.
Additional details will come after the postmortem and when the deceased are identified and the circumstances of the death are known.
