Navi Mumbai: The Navi Mumbai Police is investigating the discovery of a human skeleton by conservancy workers of the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) on Monday.
DCP (Zone I) Sudhakar Pathare said, “As pre-monsoon cleaning, the NMMC workers were cleaning the nullah at APMC truck terminal when they noticed a human skull. They informed APMC police station, after which the rest of the skeleton was recovered by the workers.”
Senior PI Rajendra Galande, APMC police station, added, “The bones were buried in the dirt. All are believed to be found. We handed them over to doctors at the NMMC Hospital in Vashi, who said it’s difficult to ascertain the gender. The bones have now been sent to JJ Hospital for further tests. The DNA will be preserved to establish identity.”
Using gender and age, police will go through old missing person complaints. “The nullah is in an area mostly frequented by drivers and cleaners. Mostly, these drivers and cleaners belong to different States. There are chances that the skeleton might be of a driver or cleaner. Once we get details of age and gender, we will get a direction for investigations. Till then, we are conducting enquiries among other drivers and cleaners.” Mr. Pathare said.
