Bengaluru murder case prime suspect Mukti Ranjan Pratap Roy, who was found to have ended his life near his hometown in Odisha. Photo: Special Arrangement

Bengaluru woman’s body chopped into pieces: Murder suspect found dead in Odisha

The victim was killed on the first floor of a three-storey house and chopped body parts were stuffed in a fridge

by · The Hindu

Four days after the gruesome murder of a 29-year-old woman was discovered at her house in Vyalikaval in Bengaluru, the prime suspect in the case, Mukti Ranjan Pratap Roy, who was on the run was found to have ended his life near his native place in Odisha on Wednesday (September 25, 2024).

The woman was killed on the first floor of a three-storey house, and the chopped body parts were stuffed in a fridge. The murder had sent shockwaves in the city.

The police, who were on the trail of the suspect, had sent a team to Odisha to track him down.

However, Roy stayed at home in Bhuinpur in Bhadrak district till Tuesday (September 24, 2024) night, stating that he had come on emergency work. He left on his scooter, and later, his body was found in a graveyard around 1.5 km away from his village.

Dhusuri police personnel ascertained his identity based on the motorbike registration and other belongings and alerted the Bengaluru police.

A team of the Bengaluru city police led by an inspector reached Bhadrak on Wednesday (September 25, 2024). The Bengaluru team was suspecting him to be either in Bhadrak or Balasore.

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They were zeroing in on him, and before they could reach him, Roy died by suicide, said the Bhadrak police.

Though the police had questioned three other male friends of the victim, they soon zeroed in on Roy, as he was also missing almost from the day of the murder.

The police soon tracked down his younger brother to Hebbugodi, who said his brother confessed to the crime with him before fleeing the city.

Roy used to fight with the woman after realising that she had many male friends, but she started ignoring him. Jealousy led him to commit the gruesome murder, the police said.

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Published - September 25, 2024 11:32 pm IST