Civic body’s sanitation workers find pair of severed human legs in garbage bag in Pune’s Pimple Gurav, victim yet to be identified, police launch murder probe

Pune: A pair of severed human legs stuffed inside a garbage bag was found in Pimple Gurav on Friday morning, prompting Sangvi police to register a murder case and launch an investigation into the victim’s identity and whereabouts of the remaining body parts.The incident came to light around 10.30am when Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation sanitation workers were collecting garbage in Shrinagar Lane No. 3 near Kate Puram Chowk.“While collecting the waste, they found a garbage bag slightly heavier than usual. When one of them checked the bag, he saw toes of a foot. He alerted his colleagues and informed the police,” senior police inspector Jitendra Koli of Sangvi police told TOI.Police found two human legs severed below the knees inside the bag. “Prima facie, the severed legs appeared to be those of a man,” the officer said.The severed limbs have been sent for medical examination. A dog squad was called to the spot, but initial efforts yielded no leads. “We will register a case of murder. Our teams have started recovering CCTV footage near the spot to get clues,” Koli said.An officer from the Pimpri Chinchwad crime branch said teams had spread out to search for the remaining body parts and establish the victim’s identity. “We are also checking missing persons’ complaints registered with Pimpri Chinchwad and Pune police,” the officer said.