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Police probe mystery of decapitated body
View(s):A DNA test is to be carried out to determine whether a decapitated head of a foreign woman found close to the Bolgoda bridge in Panadura belonged to the headless body found in Sevanagala, off Monaragala, police said yesterday, The head was discovered on Monday in a scrub jungle by an old woman who noticed a monitor trying to drag it away, according to the Bandragama Crime Division OIC K.J.N. Silva.
The woman had alerted a neighbour who informed the Police, A search by police divers to locate the rest of the body and any belongings proved futile. Meanwhile, Sevanagala police said that on the previous day a body minus its head and legs was found floating by a group of men fishing in a tank.
Police believe that the body had been dismembered and the parts dumped in different places to prevent identification of the victim. According to Police the woman appeared to be of Chinese or Thai origin. Investigators have sought information from the Airport to determine the identity of the woman while CCTV footage from various locations, too, are being checked.