Mandvi Police have recovered the torso of a woman whose severed head was found in a suitcase last week in the Virar, Palghar district. The woman, identified as Utpala alias Soma Das, was allegedly killed by her husband, Harish Hipparagi, on January 8. Hipparagi purportedly decapitated her near a drain along the Virar-Nalasopara Link Road, where he dumped her torso stuffed in a bag. 

According to police sources, the chilling case came to light on the evening of March 13 when local children discovered an abandoned suitcase near the Pirkunda Dargah area of Virar in Palghar district. Out of curiosity, the children opened the suitcase and were horrified to find a human head inside. Shocked by the gruesome discovery, they immediately alerted the local authorities.