Woman murdered, body burnt to destroy evidence; accused arrested in two days near Bengaluru

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According to police, the burnt assemblage  of an unidentified pistillate   was recovered  successful  a stormwater drain adjacent   Swarnadri Hotel successful  Devanahalli town, connected  February 25, 2026. 

According to police, the burnt assemblage of an unidentified pistillate was recovered successful a stormwater drain adjacent Swarnadri Hotel successful Devanahalli town, connected February 25, 2026.  | Photo Credit: Illustration by Satheesh Vellinezhi

The constabulary person arrested a 34-year-old worker moving connected declaration astatine the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) successful Bengaluru for allegedly murdering his pistillate person implicit a narration that had gone sour, and attempting to destruct grounds by burning her assemblage adjacent Devanahalli.

According to police, connected February 25, the burnt assemblage of an unidentified pistillate aged astir 35 was recovered successful a stormwater drain adjacent Swarnadri Hotel successful Devanahalli town. The assemblage had been tied with a rope, wrapped successful a bedsheet and integrative sheet, and petrol had been poured connected it earlier mounting it connected occurrence successful an effort to erase evidence.

During the probe, constabulary analysed CCTV camera footage and method evidence, which helped them place the deceased arsenic Nirmala (36), a autochthonal of Nilugumba colony successful Chikkaballapur district, who was moving successful a backstage institution astatine KIA connected a declaration basis, and staying successful a rented location astatine Devanahalli.

On February 27, constabulary arrested the accused, Mounesh Maitri (34), a autochthonal of Hasanapura colony successful Yadgir district.

Investigation revealed that Mounesh had developed an illicit narration with Nirmala for astir a twelvemonth aft his woman had gone to her colony successful transportation with her pregnancy. Fearing that the narration would travel to airy and impact his household life, helium allegedly strangled Nirmala with a enactment connected February 21, wrong his rented house.

The accused reportedly kept the assemblage successful the location for 2 days earlier wrapping it successful a bedsheet and integrative sheet, tied it with rope, and transported it connected his motorcycle to a drain adjacent Swarnadri Hotel, wherever helium poured petrol and acceptable the assemblage connected fire.

Police recovered the enactment utilized successful the crime, and besides the bike, integrative sheet, petrol can, petrol, and a leaf from the accused. The accused was produced successful tribunal connected March 3. He has been remanded to judicial custody.

Published - March 07, 2026 05:05 p.m. IST

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