BENGALURU: The prime suspect within the ugly case of a girl’s killing at her house, the chopping up of her physique into items, and stuffing them into the fridge, the place her horrified household discovered them, has been recognized, Bengaluru Police Commissioner B. Dayananda stated on Monday. Addressing media individuals, he stated: “In reference to the homicide case, we’ve received clear info on the accused who has dedicated the crime. The investigation is beneath progress for monitoring and arresting the accused individual.”
It has come to gentle that the accused hails from a special state and he was residing in Bengaluru, town police chief stated, including that after he’s arrested, he might be subjected to a radical investigation relating to the case. “We will not present extra info as it would assist the accused,” he added.
In the meantime, the police have questioned Ashraf from Nelamangala, after the household and husband of the deceased Mahalaxmi had suspected his position, together with three others, within the case. Nevertheless, he has been launched after questioning. Hemant Das, the deceased’s husband, on Monday, stated that the household is taking the ashes of Mahalaxmi’s physique to immerse in Rameshwaram in Tamil Nadu. “We’re doing this to make sure Mahalaxmi’s soul rests in peace as she had a painful dying,” he stated.
Requested concerning the suspect within the crime, he said that they don’t know and the police haven’t given any info to the household on this regard but. The Vyalikaval police had taken away the fridge from the residence of the deceased in a items car, with an official saying that it will be despatched to the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL).
Mahalaxmi, 26, who had hailed from Tripura and residing alone right here, was murdered at her house, her physique brutally chopped into 59 items, and the physique items stuffed into her fridge, the place her horrified household found her destiny on final Saturday. Preliminary investigations recommended that the physique was chopped into greater than 30 items. Nevertheless, the autopsy report ascertained that the killer had chopped her into 59 items.
The incident was reported from Veeranna Bhavana close to Pipeline Highway, positioned throughout the limits of Vyalikaval police station of town. The incident got here to gentle when neighbours observed a foul odor emanating from the sufferer’s home for 2 days and knowledgeable her relations. Mahalaxmi’s mom and sister got here to her home on Saturday, entered it to return throughout the stunning scene, and raised an alarm.
A police staff, which arrived on the scene, was shocked to see the physique elements of the victims stuffed into the 165-litre fridge. Although the fridge was operational, the physique had been infested by maggots, which had been transferring out and in. A suitcase had additionally been discovered close to the fridge. The police suspect that Mahalaxmi was murdered across the starting of the month and her physique was reduce into items by a sharp-edged weapon like a knife or a sword.
Mahalaxmi, who labored at a well-liked mall and used to go away within the morning and are available again late at night time, had began residing on this home 5 to 6 months in the past. As per residents of the realm, she lived alone and didn’t mingle a lot along with her neighbours. For a couple of days, her brother had been staying along with her. The police have additionally discovered that she was married and had a son, however lived individually.
Particular groups, comprising police personnel from the Vyalikaval, Sheshadripuram, and Excessive Grounds police stations, had been set as much as probe the crime and had began gathering particulars of the suspicious individuals. All of the individuals who had been involved with the deceased lady had been questioned and inputs gathered from the relations.
As of September 2, Mahalaxmi’s cell was switched off, police have gathered info on who had made calls to her and in addition on messages despatched to her. They’ve additionally collected CCTV footage of the neighbourhood and the actions of individuals from her home. Police are additionally ready for the autopsy report.
The same case was reported from New Delhi’s Chattarpur in 2022, the place Shraddha Walkar, 27, was allegedly killed by her boyfriend and live-in associate Aaftab Amin Poonawala, 29. The accused had dismembered her physique into 35 items, and put them into a giant fridge earlier than taking them out for disposal within the neighbouring forested space.
