MH-CHILD-BODY

Chopped body parts of child found near rail track in Thane
    Thane, Feb 18 (PTI) Chopped body parts suspected to be
of a child have been found near a railway track in Thane
district of Maharashtra, a police official said on Monday.
    A message was received by Kalyan police on Sunday
evening about some body parts lying in bushes adjoining the
railway track in Titwala area, he said.
    The police rushed to the spot and seized the highly
decomposed head and legs, believed to be of a child around 10
to 12 years of age whose gender was yet to be ascertained, the
official at Kalyan police station said.
    The other body parts were still missing, he said,
adding that a gunny bag was also found near the spot.
    The official said they suspect that the culprit killed
the child, chopped the body into pieces, packed them in the
bag and threw it from a running train.
    Efforts were on to identify the deceased, he said.
    A case was registered under Indian Penal Code Sections
302 (murder) and 201 (causing disappearance of evidence of
offence) and a search for the killer was on, he said. PTI CORR
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