Wrapped in cloth, with garlands: two sets of skeletal remains found in sand dumped at Sheela Nagar, Visakhapatnam
Image used for representation purposes only. The remains were found at a site where construction of the Sheela Nagar-Sabbavaram road is under way. | Photo Credit: South_agency Two sets of unidentified human skeletal remains, one of them suspected to be a woman’s, were found among heaps of sand dumped at Sheela Nagar Junction in Visakhapatnam on Tuesday (August 18, 2026). The remains were found at a site where construction of the Sheela Nagar-Sabbavaram road is under way. On receiving information, personnel from the Gajuwaka police reached the spot and inspected the area. Assistant Commissioner of Police (South sub-division) Srinivas Rao said the sand had reportedly been dumped at the site at about 3 a.m. on Tuesday. The police found two sets of skeletal remains buried in it. One was suspected to be a woman’s. According to the ACP, the remains were wrapped in white cloth and had flower garlands around them, raising suspicion that the sand had been brought from a burial ground after being removed during excavation or other work. The ACP said the …
