The body of a pregnant woman was found stashed in a sack in a rubber plantation near Athirampuzha in the outskirts of the town on Monday.
The police said the body was found by rubber tappers at the plantation on the Ammencherry road near Athirampuzha. Intense stench from led them to the sack, the police said. According to preliminary information the body is of a pregnant woman aged around 35 to 40 years. Her legs were tied and mouth was stuffed with cloth. She was wearing a violet gown.
The police found an empty liquor bottle, a soda bottle and a cake of soap from a plantation on the other side of the road.