A shocking incident unfolded in Malkangiri district when villagers discovered the headless body of a woman floating in the Poteru river near Dudumetla village on December 5.

The deceased has been identified as Lake Padiami, aged 51, a widow from Rakhelguda village under Maribeda panchayat in Korukonda block. She had gone to work on her farmland on December 1 but never returned home. Her family lodged a missing persons complaint at the Korukonda police station on Wednesday.

On Friday morning, villagers spotted her body stuck to a tree near the riverbank and immediately informed the police. Officers reached the spot, recovered the body, and began an investigation.

Family members alleged that three individuals from MV-26 village, whose land borders the victim’s property, were involved in t

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