The body of an unidentified woman was found near Waghoba Khind in Maharashtra's Palghar district on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway, police said on Friday. The highly decomposed body was found on Thursday evening, they said.

"When a vehicle was passing by the highway, one of its occupants got down at Waghoba Khind to answer nature's call. As foul smell was emanating from the bushes, the man checked the area and found the body. He immediately alerted the police," an official said. Multiple wounds were found on the woman's body, he said. The police came to the spot and sent the body to a government hospital for post-mortem.