The remains have been shifted to AIIMS Trauma Center (Representational)

New Delhi:

Police on Saturday seized dismembered parts of a human body near a Rapid Metro construction site in southeast Delhi’s Sarai Kale Khan, officials said.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (South-East) Rajesh Deo said the police received information about the body being found near Sarai Kale Khan ISBT, adjacent to the flyover of the Rapid Metro construction site, around noon.

He said that on reaching the spot, the police found pieces of human body in different stages of decomposition and a bunch of hair.

The crime scene was inspected and the remains were shifted to AIIMS Trauma Centre. Efforts are on to ascertain the identity of the victim, the official said.

Police said that a case under section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code has been registered and investigation has been started.

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