Thane, Oct 13 (PTI) The body of a 74-year-old woman was found inside her flat in Kopri locality of Thane city in Maharashtra on Wednesday, a civic official said.

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Thane Municipal Corporation's regional disaster management cell (RDMC) chief, Santosh Kadam, said, "The fire brigade was alerted about the locked door in a flat in a housing complex in Kopri. The firemen and the RDMC team went to the spot and broke open the door at around 9 pm and found the woman's body."

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The body has been sent to a government hospital for post-mortem and police are probing the case, he said.

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