Body recovered in Tripura
The body stuck in a submerged tree at Dharmanagar in North Tripura district. Image credit - Northeast Now

A decapitated and limbs-severed body was found floating in a narrow stream at Dharmanagar in North Tripura district on Tuesday.

โ€œThe body was found stuck in one of the branches of a submerged tree and floating in Ichaicherra stream at Lalcherra village under Dharmangar police station,โ€ said Rajib Sutradhar, the sub-divisional police officer at Dharmanagar in North Tripura district.

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โ€œAfter being informed by the villagers in the morning, a police team recovered the body. Later the body was sent to the Kadamtala hospital for conducting post-mortem. A case of unnatural death has been registered,โ€ the police officer said.

The body has been identified as that of 7-year-old Rumana Begum. Rumanaโ€™s father Maqbul Ali identified the body,

The police officer said, โ€œThis was the body of a female child. One Maqbul Ali of Ichai Baruakandi, adjacent to Lalcherra, identified the body as that of his seven-old daughter.โ€

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โ€œShe drowned four days back. The body was buried in the graveyard some three hundred metres far from where the body was recovered,โ€ said Sutradhar.

โ€œIt seems animals dragged the body from there. We inspected the grave. It was hauled and the body was missing.โ€

โ€œA villager informed us that yesterday a dog took an upper limb up to his courtyard which was put back to the grave by Ali,โ€ he added.

โ€œHowever, we are not taking any chance. After conducting the post-mortem, samples will be sent for forensic tests,โ€ the police officer further said.

Sensation prevails in North Tripura district after the missing of the childโ€™s body from the graveyard and its recovery in the stream.