BENGALURU: In a criminal offense paying homage to the ugly Shraddha Walkar case in Delhi in 2022, a 29-year-old lady was discovered brutally murdered in her home in Bengaluru, her physique chopped into greater than 30 items and stuffed in a fridge.
The loss of life got here to gentle round 3.30pm on Saturday when the sufferer’s mom and elder sister, summoned by the home proprietor following a stench from the house the place the sufferer lived, opened the principle door after which the fridge.
The sufferer has been recognized as H Mahalakshmi Das, an worker at a mall and residing on the primary ground of a constructing on Pipeline Highway in Vyalikaval. She lived there alone in a one-bedroom lodging, with constructing proprietor Jayaram residing on the bottom ground of the identical constructing. The incident has despatched shock waves among the many neighbours.
Police: Shocking her household did not contact her for therefore lengthy
Initially from Nepal, Mahalakshmi’s mother and father had settled in Nelamangala a minimum of a few many years again, police mentioned.
They mentioned a neighbour on Saturday alerted Jayaram a few foul scent emanating from his constructing. Jayaram then known as Mahalakshmi’s mom and elder sister, who lived on the following street, and instructed them to examine on Mahalakshmi. They discovered the entrance door bolted from exterior. As soon as the door was compelled open, bugs and worms may very well be seen swarming on the ground, with some coming out of the 165-litre single-door fridge. Sensing one thing rotting in it, they opened the fridge, and each handed out seeing the decomposed physique elements.
Constructing proprietor alerted cops
Neighbours mentioned Mahalakshmi was residing there for 5 months. In the course of the preliminary days, her elder brother additionally stayed along with her. Mahalakshmi had separated from her husband, who lives with their baby in Nelamangala.
Police try to determine if there have been a number of killers. ACP, western division, Sateesh Kumar, mentioned the investigation would in all probability be lengthy drawn. Police mentioned the girl might have been killed on or after Sept 2 – the day her cell phone was switched off. They’re checking the decision data. “It’s stunning that none of her relations tried to contact her for therefore lengthy. We’ll query them on this” an officer mentioned.
Cops in masks
The stench on the crime scene was so pungent that a few of the neighbours initially mistook some lifeless stray animal as its seemingly supply. Even cops have been seen getting into the crime scene in masks to battle the foul scent.
Susheela (identify modified), a neighbour, mentioned Mahalakshmi by no means interacted with them, they usually have been unaware of the truth that she was married. “All that we all know was she would go for her job in a mall at 9.30 am and return by 10.30 pm,” she mentioned.
Just a few different neighbours recalled a person selecting up Mahalakshmi within the morning and dropping her residence again at evening. Her cousin Sunil, a resident of Koramangala, mentioned she by no means interacted a lot with him.
Police suspect the killer was in all probability identified to the sufferer. The truth that valuables have been touched signifies that the homicide was not for materials features, they added.
