The body that lay on its back amidst the banyan twigs appeared to all staring eyes to have breathed its last at least five to six hours ago. Its condition gave an inkling of a fierce struggle before death.Both eyeballs showed their whites and bulged out of their sockets. A blue tongue was stuffed tightly in its mouth, with only its tip sticking out. Traces of clotted blood oozed out of both cheeks.The neck was ringed with blue bruises as if it had been kneaded or violently strangled. When someone poked at the head with a branch, he managed to turn it round in a full circle.But most astonishingly, the body was completely surrounded by scattered pieces of rotten bones.