Tirupur: A woman, estimated to be around 30 years, was found killed in Dharapuram on Sunday morning.
His body was found thrown behind the bushes in an isolated place.
The police said the woman’s identity had not been established.
According to the police, the body was seen by the public in an empty channel near Balalasubramaniam Nagar on the Thachanputhur road.
They told the police, who rushed to the place and restored the body.
The police said that there were several injuries to the body.
Introduction investigations revealed that he was raped and then killed.
“The injury also suggested that his body be dragged into the place where it was abandoned,” said the police.
The body has been sent to the Dharapuram Government Hospital for Postmortem.