The mystery of the investigation of the dead body found in 40 pieces has become complicated. Who killed Mahalakshmi? Police are searching for the stranger
The investigation into the body of a woman found in about 40 pieces in Bengaluru is getting complicated. The investigation revealed that the woman was married to a man named Hemant, but due to a dispute between the husband and wife, Mahalakshmi started living separately. She has been living on rent for the last five months. It has been found that she had become close to a man named Ashraf, but the police have questioned both Hemant and Ashraf in this regard. The police initially feel that both are not the murderers. Now a third anonymous person is also on the police radar, who may have committed this murder. By the way, the police have not yet given a clean chit to Hemant and Ashraf.
This case came to light on 21 September, when a foul smell emanated from the room in Bengaluru. Mahalakshmi was living alone in a rented house in Vyalikaval area. The people living nearby called the owner of the house. When the family members reached and got the room door opened, everyone was shocked because small pieces of the body were scattered all around the room along with blood. When checked, the body was found to be cut into different parts and kept inside the fridge.
After interrogation, Mahalakshmi’s mother and sister said that the family lived in Nepal till the year 2019. In the same year, Mahalakshmi got married to a Nepali boy named Hemant Das. After marriage, both of them reached Bangalore from Nepal. Here Hemant started working at a mobile shop, while Mahalakshmi got a job as a saleswoman team leader in a beauty shop of a big mall. Both of them started living in a rented house in the Neela Mangala area of Bengaluru.
The two had a daughter. Everything was fine in their life until the year 2023. Later, her husband came to know about Mahalakshmi’s affair. After this, the two separated. The daughter lives with Hemant Das, while Mahalakshmi has been living alone in a rented house in the Vyalikaval area for five months. She used to go to Hemant’s house to meet her daughter once in 15 days.
The police have also checked his call detail record. The last call from his phone was made on 2 September. Mahalakshmi’s husband Hemant Das and the hairdresser Ashraf were questioned at length, but after the initial questioning of both of them, the police said that it is possible that they may not have had anything to do with the murder. Still, neither of them has been given a clean chit yet.
Neighbours had seen a stranger picking up and dropping Mahalakshmi from her house several times, but no one knew who that person was. The police are trying to find out who this stranger was.
A 31-year-old man who was the prime suspect in the murder a 29-year-old woman in Bengaluru, whose body was chopped into pieces and stuffed in a fridge, was found dead in Odisha on Wednesday.
Muktirajan Pratap Ray, the prime suspect in the murder of Mahalakshmi, was found dead near Bhuinpur village in Odisha’s Bhadrak district in the morning.
On Saturday, police had discovered Mahalakshmi’s body stored inside a fridge at her residence in Bengaluru’s Vinayaka Nagar. Police had formed special teams to nab the accused, and they eventually zeroed in on Ray as the prime suspect.