Chhath Puja Preparations Interrupted by Grim Discovery in New Delhi

During Chhath Puja preparations along the Yamuna river, locals discovered a decomposed body in New Delhi's Shaheen Bagh. Police identified the deceased as Chokkala Srinivas from Karimnagar, Telangana. The body was found floating at Okhla barrage, wearing a Rudraaksh mala, and appeared to be 10-15 days old.

During preparations for the sacred Chhath Puja festival along the Yamuna river, New Delhi's Shaheen Bagh residents stumbled upon a macabre scene—a highly decomposed body floating in the water.

Alerted to the discovery, police identified the deceased as Chokkala Srinivas, a resident of Karimnagar in Telangana. Srinivas was wearing a Rudraaksh mala around his wrist and neck, and the body appeared severely swollen and decomposed, suggesting it had been in the river for 10-15 days.

The police received the tip-off about the grim find from locals busy constructing embankments near the Okhla barrage beneath the Kalandi Kunj flyover on Thursday morning.

(With inputs from agencies.)