While investigation is going on in the murder case of a woman whose dismembered body was found in the refrigerator of a apartment in Bengaluru where she lived, Police Commissioner B Dayananda said that the accused is an outsider.
The woman, identified as Mahalakshmi, used to live alone in a flat in Malleswaram after separating from her husband Hemant Das in December last year.
Her husband suspects Ashraf, with whom she had an illicit relationship, is the killer.
While the police did not name the suspect, it said, “We are investigating the case from all angles.
The prime suspect has been identified but we are yet to apprehend him. After interrogation, we will be able to give more details.”
“At this stage, if we curtail anything, it will be for the benefit of the culprit, not for the public,” Dayananda said.
According to police sources, the prime suspect is hiding near the Odisha-West Bengal border.
When asked whether the culprit is from Bengaluru or elsewhere, the Police Commissioner said, “He is an outsider.”
Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Monday said that the police suspect a man from West Bengal behind the murder but added that more evidence is needed to confirm his role.
"The police have collected a lot of information, a lot of clues. One individual is also been...kind of they say he is the one. Unless we collect more information we can't really say. He is from West Bengal they say," Parameshwara told reporters here.
The investigation team suspects that the body might have been cut into pieces elsewhere and brought to her flat. No bloodstains, except for blood flowing from the fridge, added sources.
The Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Karnataka unit has called it a case of Love Jihad and urged the Siddaramaiah-led Congress government to consider bringing anti-Love Jihad laws and not downplay this as a mere accident or prank.
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