Mystery surrounds the recovery of a skull, reported to be that of an infant, at Pallavaram on Thursday.
Police said a pack of dogs were creating a ruckus on Dargah Road, Pallavaram. Residents noticed that the dogs were fighting over an “object” that resembled the face of an infant.
They called Pallavaram police station and personnel reached the spot and recovered it.
They placed it in a bag and took it to Tambaram Taluk Government Hospital. Policemen and staff at the casualty ward of the hospital said it resembled the skull of an infant and that the front portion could not be seen at all. A thorough medical test by doctors and Forensic experts would be done, police added.