Woman goes missing but found murdered in Dharwad

A 21-year-old pistillate was recovered murdered connected the outskirts of Dharwad connected Wednesday.

The pistillate identified arsenic Zakia Mulla was a nonmigratory of Gandhi Chowk successful Dharwad.

Zakia, who completed her para aesculapian people recently, near her location connected Tuesday astatine 4.30 p.m. connected immoderate enactment pertaining to applying for a job.

However, erstwhile she did not instrumentality till precocious successful the evening, her anxious parents approached the Dharwad Town Police.

As Mansur Road was shown arsenic the past known determination of her mobile phone, the household members and the constabulary went connected a hunt successful the determination till precocious nighttime connected Tuesday without immoderate avail.

But erstwhile they returned to the determination again connected Wednesday morning, they recovered the assemblage successful the vicinity and also, her compartment phone.

There was immoderate disorder implicit constabulary jurisdiction of the spot wherever the assemblage was recovered and aft it was resolved, the Dharwad Rural Police took up investigation. A canine squad was besides pressed into service.

Both Hubballi-Dharwad Police Commissioner N. Shashikumar and Dharwad territory Superintendent of Police Gunjan Arya visited the spot.

Gunjan Arya told presspersons that prima facie strangulation appeared to beryllium the origin of death. He said that they person begun probe and assured the woman’s household members of bringing the blameworthy to publication astatine the earliest.

Meanwhile, 1 of the household members told presspersons that Zakia messaged them saying that she volition nonstop her determination but did not bash so. After waiting for long, they past approached the police, helium said.