The body was seen floating in Sunnam Cheruvu lake on Saturday, police said. (Representational image)
A body of a woman wrapped in a plastic cover was found floating in a lake in Hyderabad on Saturday, the police said today. The limbs of the body were tied with a cloth, they said, adding that they were alerted about it by locals. A murder case has been registered against unknown person.
The body of the woman, aged between 30-40 years, was found floating in Sunnam Cheruvu lake on Saturday. The woman has a an 'S'-lettered tattoo on her right hand, a police official told NDTV.
Based on the tattoo, the police are trying to learn her details.
Speaking to NDTV, Inspector Chandrasekhar Reddy said, "The body was retrieved from the lake and found it to be a woman's. Her limbs were tied with a cloth and the body was wrapped in a plastic cover. The woman has a tattoo on the wrist of her right hand. We will conduct her post mortem today".
The identity of the woman has not been ascertained yet, he said.