Chhath Puja Preparations Interrupted by Grim Discovery in New Delhi
During Chhath Puja preparations along the Yamuna river, locals discovered a decomposed body in New Delhi's Shaheen Bagh. Police identified the deceased as Chokkala Srinivas from Karimnagar, Telangana. The body was found floating at Okhla barrage, wearing a Rudraaksh mala, and appeared to be 10-15 days old.
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During preparations for the sacred Chhath Puja festival along the Yamuna river, New Delhi's Shaheen Bagh residents stumbled upon a macabre scene—a highly decomposed body floating in the water.
Alerted to the discovery, police identified the deceased as Chokkala Srinivas, a resident of Karimnagar in Telangana. Srinivas was wearing a Rudraaksh mala around his wrist and neck, and the body appeared severely swollen and decomposed, suggesting it had been in the river for 10-15 days.
The police received the tip-off about the grim find from locals busy constructing embankments near the Okhla barrage beneath the Kalandi Kunj flyover on Thursday morning.
(With inputs from agencies.)
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