Bengaluru murder case: Suspect found dead in Odisha, suicide note reveals argument with victim
Bengaluru: Mukti Ranjan Roy, the main suspect in the murder of a woman named Mahalakshmi, was found dead in Odisha’s Bhadrak district. His body was discovered hanging, and a case of suicide has been registered at Dushuri Police Station, according to the authorities.
A suicide note was found near his body, which provided crucial details regarding the events leading up to the murder. The note revealed that a heated argument took place between Mukti Ranjan and Mahalakshmi at her residence in Vyalikaval, Bengaluru. The confrontation allegedly escalated when Mukti struck Mahalakshmi on the head, resulting in her death. The note also mentioned a close relationship between the two.
Mahalakshmi’s dismembered body was found inside a refrigerator at her apartment on September 21, sending shockwaves through the city due to the gruesome nature of the crime. The 29-year-old victim was killed using a sharp weapon, although the police have yet to recover the murder weapon.
Mahalakshmi and Mukti Ranjan were colleagues, working at the same store in a Bengaluru mall where Ranjan served as a manager. Her call records indicated frequent communication with him, which led investigators to suspect him. Since the start of September, Ranjan had been missing, and his phone remained switched off, further deepening suspicions.
The Bengaluru police had been searching for Ranjan for two days before he was found dead in Bhadrak. Several personal belongings, including his bag, laptop, and mobile phone, were recovered from the scene.
Investigators from Vyalikaval Police Station are now coordinating with their counterparts in Odisha to continue the investigation. Although the death note has provided some answers, several aspects of the case remain unclear.
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Jharkhand horror: Man kills live-in partner, chops body into 40 pieces
Ranchi (PTI): A 25-year-old man, who works as a butcher, allegedly strangled to death his live-in partner and chopped her body into 40 to 50 pieces in a forested area in Jharkhand’s Khunti district, police said on Wednesday.
The accused, identified as Naresh Bhengra, was arrested.
The matter came to light after around a fortnight after the killing when a stray dog was found with human body parts near Jordag village in Jariagarh police station on November 24.
Bhengra was in a live-in relationship with the deceased, a 24-year-old woman also from Khunti district, in Tamil Nadu for the past couple of years. Sometime back, he returned to Jharkhand, got married to another woman without telling his partner anything and went back to the southern state without his wife to join her.
"The brutal incident occurred on November 8 when they reached Khunti as the accused who had married another woman did not wish to take her home. Instead, he took her to a forest near his house at Jordag village in Jariagarh police station and chopped the body into pieces. The man has been arrested," Khunti Superintendent of Police Aman Kumar told PTI.
Inspector Ashok Singh who investigated the case said the man worked in a butcher shop in Tamil Nadu and was expert in slicing chicken.
“He admitted chopping the body parts of the woman into 40 to 50 pieces before leaving those in the forest for wild animals to feast on. The police recovered several parts on November 24 after a dog in the area was seen with a hand," Singh told PTI.
Singh said that the woman, who was unaware of his marriage, pressured him to return to Khunti. After reaching Ranchi, they boarded a train on November 24 and headed to the man's village.
"Under a plan, the man took her to Khunti in an autorickshaw near his home and asked her to wait. He returned with sharp weapons and strangulated her with her dupatta after raping her. He then cut the body into 40 to 50 pieces and left for his home to live with his wife," Singh said.
The woman, however, had informed her mother that she had boarded a train and would be living with her partner, the police officer said.
Following the recovery of body parts, a bag was also found in the forest with the murdered woman's belongings including her Aadhaar card. The mother of the woman was called at the spot and she identified her daughter's belongings.
"The mother suspected the man behind the crime who after being nabbed by the police admitted to chopping the woman into pieces," the official added.
The incident has sent shockwaves among people in the region, with the Shraddha Walker murder case of 2022 still fresh in their memory.
Walker was killed by her live-in partner who chopped her body into pieces before dumping them in the jungle in South Delhi’s Mehrauli.
