The prime suspect in the alleged murder of a 29-year-old Bengaluru woman has been found dead in Odisha. Mukti Ranjan Ray, 30, was Mahalakshmi’s colleague at a clothing factory in Malleswaram and the two were reportedly having an affair.

A soured relationship was the most likely motive behind the brutal murder of 29-year-old Nepalese-origin woman Mahalakshmi in Bengaluru earlier this month, according to police sources. Malakshmi’s mutilated body parts were found stuffed inside a single-door fridge in her Vyalikaval home on September 21.

The body of the woman was found by her mother and elder sister when her neighbours complained of a foul smell coming off her apartment – a case that drew similarities from the Shraddha Walker case in Delhi. According to the police, the incident happened near Veerana Bhavan in Malleswaram, Bengaluru.

Mukti Ranjan Ray, suspected of murdering a woman in Bangalore and escaping to Odisha, was found dead by suicide in Bhadrak. The 30-year-old allegedly

The man, identified as Muktirajan Pratap Ray, 31, was found dead near Bhuinpur in Odisha. In a suicide note, he admitted to killing Mahalakshmi, 29, at her home in Vyalikaval, Bengaluru. Odisha police have registered a case of unnatural death in Ray's suicide.

Mahalakshmi murder case is a stark reminder of the brutal murder of Shraddha Walker (27) by her live-in partner Aftab in Delhi in 2022.

In Bengaluru, police are investigating the gruesome murder of Mahalakshmi, whose body was dismembered into 59 pieces. The prime suspect is identified

A 31-year-old man who was the prime suspect in the murder a 29-year-old woman in Bengaluru, whose body was chopped into pieces and stuffed in a fridge, was found dead in Odisha on Wednesday. Muktirajan Pratap Ray,

Prime suspect in gruesome murder of 29-year-old saleswoman Mahalakshmi, found cut into 59 pieces and stored in a fridge, has committed suicide. Investigation reveals colleague's disapproval of her growing closeness to another man may have been motive.

Mukthirajan Pratap Roy, the primary suspect in Mahalakshmi's murder, was discovered dead by suicide in Odisha. Accused of dismembering her body and storing it in a refrigerator, Roy evaded capture until his death.

The man suspected of committing the horrific refrigerator murder in Bengaluru has been found dead in Odisha. He has apparently died by suicide, said sources in the Odisha police.