"The body of a woman was recovered inside a gunny bag in Mumbai's Worli area. As soon as Police received the information, our teams reached the spot, and took the body in custody," said the officials.
Fire tenders took about three hours to bring the blaze under control after which a body of a woman, Maya (30) was found in the bathroom of the basement.
No visible marks of injury was found on the body of the deceased. According to police, the preliminary investigations have revealed the cause of death to be smothering.
The dismembered body recovered from the Bhalswa drain in the national capital on Saturday has not been identified yet, the Delhi Police sources said adding that the police will now send the DNA sample to the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) for its identification.