Bhubaneswar: The main accused in the gruesome murder of 29-year-old Mahalakshmi in Bengaluru whose dismembered body was found in the refrigerator, was found dead, hanging from a tree in Odisha . A diary recovered from the accused, has his written confession of the murder and that he had dismembered the woman’s body.
‘I Cut Her Body into 59 Pieces’: Mahalakshmi Murder Case Suspect
The police on Wednesday also recovered a diary, believed to be belonging to the deceased man Mukti Ranjan Ray, in which he confessed to killing the woman whose dismembered body was found in the fridge of her house in the southern metropolis. “We have recovered the body of Mukti Ranjan Ray hanging from a tree. The body was handed over to his family after conducting post-mortem examination,” Dhusuri Police Station IIC, Santanu Jena, said
The SP said the police recovered a diary of Ray in which he confessed that he had dismembered the body of the Bengaluru woman to 59 pieces after killing her. He had returned to the village from Bengaluru after the murder.
Bengaluru Fridge Murder Suspect Found Dead, Suicide Suspected
The Odisha police found a man, the key suspect in the brutal killing of a woman in Bengaluru, hanging from a tree in Bhadrak district, an officer said.
Bhadrak SP Varun Guntupalli said Ray (30), a resident of Bhuinpur Village under Dhusuri Police Station, was the prime suspect in the woman’s murder. He was allegedly on the run following the discovery of the body parts of Mahalakshmi, a 29-year-old woman. Earlier on the day, Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara had said the police have information about the presence of the suspect in Odisha , and teams formed to crack the case have been sent there to nab him.
Asked whether the Karnataka police had contacted Bhadrak police, Jena said, “We had received a message, but no representative of the Karnataka police has reached here.” 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.
Victim’s Estranged Husband Suspected Mahalakshmi’s Affair with Mukti
According to sources, Mukti had opposed Mahalakshmi’s closeness with another man. However, it is still unknown who the another person was. The deceased woman’s estranged husband on Sunday expressed suspicion about the involvement of a man known to Mahalakshmi, who had been living alone, in her neighbourhood. Earlier, Mahalakshmi’s estranged husband said he suspected the role of Ashraf, who he had identified as her lover. According to reports, both the husband and the victim were living separately.
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. This led to constant arguments between them and led to an altercation. Apparently irked over this, the accused, who is allegedly very short-tempered, killed Mahalakshmi and later dismembered her body, police said, citing preliminary investigation.
