Bengaluru woman murdered, chopped body pieces found in fridge at home

A 29-year-old woman’s dismembered body was found in a house in Malleswaram here, police sources said on Saturday.

According to the police, Mahalakshmi’s body, cut into over 30 pieces, was stuffed in a refrigerator.

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.

The police suspect it to be a case of murder, which took place about a week ago. An investigation has been launched into the case. Additional Commissioner of Police (West Zone) N Satheesh Kumar said, “A woman’s body was found chopped into pieces and stored in a fridge at a house within the Vyalikaval police station limits. It appeared to have been done four-five days ago.”

“The probe is going on. We will give more information after the investigation. She was settled in Karnataka, but is originally from another state,” Kumar told reporters.

It is learnt that the woman was living separately from her husband. While Mahalakshmi lived in Malleswaram and was working in a mall, her husband worked in a hermitage away from the city. After learning about the incident, he too came to the spot.

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.