22 Aug 2013

Gurgaon: A 19-year old girl's body found inside a school bus, rape suspected

By 08:07
The decomposed body of a girl was found stuffed into the toolbox of a school bus in Gurgaon.

Tthe victim has been identified as Shivani alias Priya (19), a native of Mahendragarh district in Haryana. She lived with her aunt in Gurgaon village.

The bus was hired by Shalom Hills International School. However, the school management said it had nothing to do with the incident. Investigators said the girl's family had not lodged any missing complaint.

Police said, "we have made the breakthrough by identifying the victim and many other facts from the bus which may help crack this case". The police are also suspecting her neighbours' involvement in the case.

As the school was closed due to weekend and Raksha Bandhan for four days, the bus was parked bus in a vacant area in Sector 5," a police officer said.


The driver discovered the body in the toolbox when he could not re-start the bus and sought help from passers-by.

"There could be a possibility that the woman was raped before being murdered. The actual cause of death will be known after the postmortem," an investigator said. It is suspected that the girl had been murdered two-three days ago.

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