Kulgam: A decomposed dead body of man was recovered from an orchard in Mohammadpora area of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Wednesday.

They said corpse was wrapped in a sheet (blue colored tarpaulin) near a BSNL tower and it had decomposed to the extent that skull is seen with flesh left in few parts only.

The body, they said, was detected as some passersby smelled bad odour. Subsequently, they said, people informed the local police and a team reached the spot and recovered it.

Confirming it, a police officer told GNS that investigations have been launched into it. He said that police suspects it be a murder. (GNS)