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Unknown woman's body found floating in Rua de Ourem creek

PANAJI

The body of an unidentified woman floating in the Rua de Ourem creek and said to be above 50 years old was fished out by the Panaji police on Sunday afternoon.

Police who rushed to the spot after bypassers intimated them fished the body out before sending it to the morgue at Goa Medical College and Hospital at Bambolim for preservation until it is identified.

Police have also got hold of CCTV footage where the woman is seen getting into the waters on her own.

Panaji Police Inspector, Nikhil Palekar said, it is unlikely there is any foul play but a call on whether to conduct a post-mortem autopsy examination will be taken only after the corpse is identified and the family is contacted.


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SPOTLIGHT: No quota, quirk of fate for Goa’s Scheduled Tribe communities?

THE GOAN NETWORK
Published Aug 27, 2023, 12:49 AM IST
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