♏A case has been registered against unidentified persons for allegedly strangling and stabbing a 17-year-old girl whose body was found in a chawl in Maharashtra's Thane city four days ago, police said on Tuesday.
𒉰The body of Tejaswini Manoj Razak was found in a room of a chawl in Taricha Pada in the Kolshet area on the night of May 24, an official said.
♉The police on Monday registered a case under section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code against unidentified persons, he said.
ꦐThe case was registered after a post-mortem revealed that there were ligature marks and stab wounds on the girl's neck, the official said.
♈According to the police, the victim, who lived alone, was strangled and stabbed to death.
♛The Kapaurbawdi police are probing the case, he said.
