A body stuffed inside a suitcase was found at a culvert near Outer Ring Road (ORR) under Dundigal police station limits on Friday.

After a preliminary investigation, the police suspected that the murder might have happened a month ago. However, the police are yet to identify if the body belongs to a man or a woman.

The body was shifted to Gandhi Hospital for post-mortem. A case has been registered by Dundigal police.

In a similar case, a woman's body was found in a suitcase at Suraram colony in Medchal on April 14. Locals who found the suitcase near Krishi High School alerted the police.

The woman was identified as Lavanya who was a software engineer.