# Woman’s decomposed body found in car boot in Elkathurthy 2026-08-21T21:12:24+00:00 | India | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet The decomposed body of Ankathi Manasa (33), a resident of Rathnapur village in Karimnagar district, was found inside the boot of a car in Elkathurthy on Thursday night. Locals alerted police after noticing a foul smell from the vehicle. Inspector Puli Ramesh and his team recovered the body. Police traced the car, registration TS 03 FF 8094, to T Sadanandam, who said his son Surender had rented it to A Bhaskar Reddy. The vehicle was being used by Bhaskar's brother, A Vinod Kumar, a software employee. Police said Vinod and Manasa were childhood friends and were in a relationship. She was divorced and living with her parents. Vinod allegedly told police that Manasa suffered a seizure and died in his rented room three days ago. He said he transported the body in the car and parked it in an isolated area. Vinod is in police custody. A case has been registered and the body sent to MGM Hospital, Warangal, for post-mortem. ## Indian Opinion Analysis The case follows a pattern where accused persons claim natural death during a secret meeting and then panic. Section 201 of the IPC (causing disappearance of evidence) often applies when a body is moved and hidden, even if the death was natural. The post-mortem at MGM Hospital will be crucial: if it finds no foul play, the charge may be limited to concealment, if injuries are found, murder charges will follow. Watch for the post-mortem report, expected within days. ## Coverage - timesofindia.indiatimes.com Reports police version and alleged confession without editorialising, standard crime reporting. This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Elkathurthy, Karimnagar, MGM Hospital Warangal, Telangana Police Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/womans-decomposed-body-found-in-car-boot-in-elkathurthy/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/womans-decomposed-body-found-in-car-boot-in-elkathurthy/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/