Body of woman, 22, found stuffed in suitcase abandoned on highway after being spotted by passerby in...

A WOMAN has been found dead with her body stuffed inside an abandoned travel bag in a chilling murder case.

Cops have launched an investigation after the suitcase was found lying on a highway in the state of Haryana, India.

The victim has been identified as Himani Narwal, a 22-year-old political worker in the Indian Congress party.

Authorities investigating the case said in a statement: "It is a murder and we are investigating it.

"The deceased has been identified as Himani Narwal. We are contacting her family members. Further investigations are ongoing."

The murder came on the eve of local elections that have been held in the state.

Former chief of Haryana Bhupinder Hooda posted on X: "The news of the barbaric murder of Congress worker Himani Narwal in Rohtak is extremely sad and shocking.

"I pay my tribute to the departed soul and express my deepest condolences to the family members. This in itself is a blot on the law and order situation of the state."

Top congress leaders are now demanding a high-profile investigation into the death of their party's worker.

"There should be a high-level impartial investigation of this murder and the government should provide justice to the victim's family as soon as possible and provide the harshest punishment to the culprits," Hooda added.

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