Police are leaving no stones unturned to trace the identity of the woman whose skeleton was found in the forest area near Kalakkadu on Sunday and to find out whether the victim was murdered or killed by wild elephants.
Sources said that following information from locals who spotted the skeleton in the forest area on Thirukurungudi hills near Kalakkadu, Thirukurungudi police rushed to the spot and conducted an inspection and held enquiries with the people there.
Later, a team of police officials, after investigations found out that the skeleton was that of a woman.
It is suspected that the victim could have died approximately three months ago during which time she might have come celebrate Pongal in the locality.
However, as dung of elephants were found in the vicinity, police suspect that the woman might have been killed by jumbos that might have been wandering in the region.
However, not ready to take a chance police are also investigating to find out if someone had murdered the woman and had thrown her body in the forest area.
The body has been sent for medical examination and the results are awaited.
Decomposed Body Found in Forest
The Hogenakkal police on Monday recovered the decomposed body of a man, estimated to be around 45 years of age, from a forest area here.
According to police, villagers who were collecting firewood in Konamalai area near Chinnar river belt, noticed foul smell emanating from the forest.
Later, they found out that a man had hanged himself to death using a towel from a tree there.
On information, Hogenakkal Sub Inspector Nadhakumar reached the spot and recovered the body. Since the body could not be identified as it was in a decomposed state, police registered a case under section 174 of the CrPC.
The body was buried after a postmortem conducted on the spot. The man’s identity and the cause of the death are yet to be ascertained, police added.