Bengaluru Woman’s Murder Suspect Found Hanging In Odisha!

Bengaluru/Bhubaneswar: In a major development, the suspected killer who chopped 26-year-old Mahalaxmi, a single working woman in Bengaluru, into over 50 pieces and stuffed the body parts in a fridge, has allegedly committed suicide in Odisha by hanging, police sources on Wednesday.

“The suspected killer, identified as Mukthiranjan Roy, was the victim’s colleague. The accused was found hanging from a tree in a village in Bhadrak district in Odisha,” the sources were quoted by IANS as saying.

The incident has come to light near Pandi village in Dushuri police station limits. “The suspected killer had arrived at the Pandi village on Wednesday and stayed at home. He had gone on a two-wheeler. His body was found by the locals,” police sources said.

Mukthiranjan had disappeared following the incident of a sensational murder. The Karnataka Police had sent four teams to Odisha to hunt him. Karnataka Home Minister G. Parameshwara has stated that the accused is on the move in Odisha and escaping from the police.

Bengaluru Police Commissioner B. Dayananda was quoted by the news agency as stating that the police had tracked the killer. He had stated that the killer was from outside and settled in Bengaluru.

The suspected killer had stopped coming to work from September 1. Mahalaxmi’s last day of work was also on September 1. The police suspect that Mahalaxmi was killed on September 2 or 3.

The police stated that the suspected killer was the team head where Mahalaxmi worked.

The murder case came to light last Saturday after neighbours complained of a foul smell emanating from Mahalaxmi’s house for two days and informed her relatives.