Bengaluru Horror - 'I Cut Her Body into 59 Pieces': Mahalakshmi Murder Suspect's Diary Found

Bhubaneswar: The main accused in the gruesome murder of 29-year-old Mahalakshmi in Bengaluru whose dismembered body was found in the refrigerator, was found dead, hanging from a tree in Odisha . A diary recovered from the accused, has his written confession of the murder and that he had dismembered the woman's body.

'I Cut Her Body into 59 Pieces': Mahalakshmi Murder Case Suspect

The police on Wednesday also recovered a diary, believed to be belonging to the deceased man Mukti Ranjan Ray, in which he confessed to killing the woman whose dismembered body was found in the fridge of her house in the southern metropolis. "We have recovered the body of Mukti Ranjan Ray hanging from a tree. The body was handed over to his family after conducting post-mortem examination," Dhusuri Police Station IIC, Santanu Jena, said.

The SP said the police recovered a diary of Ray in which he confessed that he had dismembered the body of the Bengaluru woman to 59 pieces after killing her. He had returned to the village from Bengaluru after the murder.

Bengaluru Fridge Murder Suspect Found Dead, Suicide Suspected

The Odisha police found a man, the key suspect in the brutal killing of a woman in Bengaluru, hanging from a tree in Bhadrak district, an officer said. 

Bhadrak SP Varun Guntupalli said Ray (30), a resident of Bhuinpur Village under Dhusuri Police Station, was the prime suspect in the woman's murder. He was allegedly on the run following the discovery of the body parts of Mahalakshmi, a 29-year-old woman. Earlier on the day, Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara had said the police have information about the presence of the suspect in Odisha , and teams formed to crack the case have been sent there to nab him.

Asked whether the Karnataka police had contacted Bhadrak police, Jena said, "We had received a message, but no representative of the Karnataka police has reached here." The maggot-infested body of Mahalakshmi, chopped into several pieces and stuffed into the fridge, was found by her mother and elder sister at her Vyalikaval home on Saturday.

Victim's Estranged Husband Suspected Mahalakshmi's Affair with Mukti

According to sources, Mukti had opposed Mahalakshmi’s closeness with another man. However, it is still unknown who the another person was. The deceased woman's estranged husband on Sunday expressed suspicion about the involvement of a man known to Mahalakshmi, who had been living alone, in her neighbourhood. Earlier, Mahalakshmi’s estranged husband said he suspected the role of Ashraf, who he had identified as her lover. According to reports, both the husband and the victim were living separately.

According to police in Bengaluru, the suspect and the woman were working in a garment shop where they met and become friends. The two were in a relationship. Mahalakshmi was allegedly pressuring him to marry her. This led to constant arguments between them and led to an altercation. Apparently irked over this, the accused, who is allegedly very short-tempered, killed Mahalakshmi and later dismembered her body, police said, citing preliminary investigation.

Mahalakshmi Murder Case, Rerun of Shraddha Walker Murder 

A Shraddha Walker murder case re-run has surfaced from Karnataka's Bengaluru after a 29-year-old woman's chopped body into over 50 pieces was found stuffed in a refrigerator of a room. According to the police, the incident may have happened 4-5 days ago and is being probed as a murder. Amid this, a video has surfaced showing how victim woman Mahalakshmi's family including her mother and sister found about the incident.

In the 44-second clip, her mother and sister are seen entering the room where she was staying. They took a round in the 1-room set which was smelling badly. Looking for their daughter, one of the persons opened the fridge and were shocked to see her body parts stuffed inside the refrigerator. They rushed outside shouting.

Senior police officers reached the spot and barricaded the road leading to the building where the body was found in a single bedroom house, where the victim was staying alone. Police suspect it to be a case of murder, which took place about a week ago. An investigation has been launched into the case. The incident was a stark reminder of the brutal murder of Shraddha Walker by her live-in partner Aftab Poonawalla on May 18, 2022 at Mehrauli in Delhi.

(Inputs from PTI)