Mumbai: Missing female IT professional found dead

January 17, 2014 00:21

Eleven days after a 23-year-old female software engineer, who hailed from Andhra Pradesh, went missing from Mumbai, her burnt body was found on Thursday, police said.

The body of Esther Anuhya, bearing burn injuries, was found in suburban Kanjurmarg.

"The highly decomposed body of Esther Anuhya, who had gone missing from Mumbai, was found at suburban Kanjurmarg," Mahesh Ghuriye, Deputy Police Commissioner, said on Thursday night.

The body was identified by her father S Prasad, a retired Professor of Andhra Pradesh University, police said, adding a murder case has been registered.

According to police, Anuhya, employed with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), had boarded the Vishakapatnam-LTT Express train from Vijayawada on January 4 for Mumbai. She was returning to Mumbai after Christmas holidays.

Anuhya's father spoke to her the same day at about 10 PM when she told him the train had reached Solapur. She promised to call him again after reaching her hostel in suburban Andheri.

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