More than 24 hours after a girl’s body was found in a suitcase near Kharadi octroi post, the Yerawada police have still not been able to ascertain her identity.

The girl’s body was found bundled in this suitcase near the Kharadi Octroi post on the Pune-Ahmednagar highway on Sunday. Pics/Mohan Patil

On Sunday evening, some citizens had noticed a big maroon suitcase abandoned near the Kharadi octroi post on the Pune-Ahmednagar highway and they had alerted the police control room. When the bag was opened, the Yerawada police found the body of a girl, around 20 years of age, who was strangled by unknown people.