- Saturday, September 28, 2024
Odisha police claims that in a purported suicide note found from the spot, the suspect confessed to the crime
By: Shajil Kumar
THE main suspect in the brutal killing of a 29-year-old woman whose dismembered body was found in a refrigerator in Bengaluru allegedly died by hanging in Odisha’s Bhadrak district, police said.
Police said the man was in a relationship with the victim, Mahalakshmi, and killed her following frequent arguments over her insistence to get married.
The accused, identified as Muktiranjan Pratap Ray (31), was found dead under the Dhusuri Police Station limits in Bhadrak district, they said.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central) Shekhar H Tekkannavar said in Bengaluru that the man was found hanging from a tree on Wednesday morning.
In a purported suicide note found from the spot, he has confessed to the crime, according to Odisha police.
According to police in Bengaluru, the suspect and the woman were working in a garment shop where they met and become friends. The two were in a relationship.
Mahalakshmi was allegedly pressuring him to marry her and this led to constant arguments.
Fed up over frequent aletercations, the accused killed Mahalakshmi and later dismembered her body, police said, citing preliminary investigation.
After the killing, Ray called up his younger brother and told him to vacate the rented house immediately.
When his brother asked for the reason, he said could not communicate to him over phone and would meet and tell him, a senior police officer said.
When the accused’s younger brother was interrogated, he told police that after killing the woman, Ray told his brother about the murder and added that he was leaving for his hometown.
“With the help of technical analysis and Call Record Details, the accused was identified and his mobile location was initially traced to West Bengal but later he switched it off. However, with the help of technical surveillance, his location was traced to a village in Odisha where we sent our teams to nab him,” he added. He changed places in Odisha.
Police are waiting for the final post mortem report to ascertain the exact cause of death.
The maggot-infested body of Mahalakshmi, chopped into several pieces and stuffed into the fridge, was found by her mother and elder sister at her Vyalikaval home on Saturday. (PTI)
