BHUBANESWAR: A person suspected of killing a 29-year-old girl in Bangalore and stuffing her dismembered physique in a fridge earlier than fleeing to his hometown allegedly died by suicide in Odisha’s Bhadrak city on Wednesday, police mentioned.
The manhunt launched by Karnataka police in Odisha to arrest Mukti Ranjan Ray, 30, for the brutal murder of 29-year-old Mahalakshmi on September 21, met an sudden setback.Ray, 30, allegedly hanged himself from a tree, fearing arrest, police mentioned. Sources mentioned Ray left behind a suicide be aware, purportedly confessing to the ugly crime in Bangalore. After a autopsy examination, his physique was handed over to Bengaluru police.
“We strongly suspect that he ended his life fearing arrest in reference to the Bengaluru homicide. Bengaluru police had been closing in on the suspect in Bhadrak and Balasore districts for the final three days. We prolonged all essential help to them,” Bhadrak SP Varun Guntupalli advised TOI.
In accordance with police, Ray was a resident of the Dhusuri space and had been working in a clothes retailer in Bengaluru. Bengaluru police are attempting to assemble extra details about Ray’s household background and different particulars from his village.
Ray’s relations claimed he reached Bhadrak on September 24. He left dwelling early within the morning and was discovered hanging from a tree at Kuleipada village, just a few hundred meters from his dwelling, police sources mentioned.
The maggot-infested physique of the girl, recognized as Mahalakshmi, was found by her mom and elder sister at her Vyalikaval dwelling on Saturday. Earlier within the day, Karnataka Dwelling Minister G Parameshwara had mentioned the police obtained a tip-off in regards to the suspect’s presence in Odisha. “We have now taken the case very significantly, because the homicide has shaken the complete Bengaluru,” he mentioned.
