The photograph of the deceased was circulated in four WhatsApp groups. The body was found in Aurangabad district, with the investigation being handled by the Shivoor police station, under Vaijapur subdivision. The body was sent to the Government Hospital and Training Institute, Aurangabad, for postmortem with the photograph of the corpse sent to four WhatsApp groups. Unlike on land, the WhatsApp groups cover a police jurisdiction of 7,500 square km as it has officials of crime ranks from these regions,” he added. Twenty four hours later, it was a novel channel of exchanging police leads between subdivisions across districts through WhatsApp groups that helped identify a naked body and crack a murder mystery.

Source: Indian Express July 21, 2016 22:28 UTC