Mangaluru, May 12: A city-based woman was murdered and her body parts were found in a gunny bag near a shop off National Highway 66 near Kadri Park on Sunday.
According to the Mangaluru East police, the owner of a roadside fruit shop found the gunny bag and a helmet near his shop when he arrived in the morning. When the shopkeeper opened the bag, he found chopped parts of the body of a woman. Her severed head was found under the helmet.
According to Police Commissioner Sandeep Patil, the deceased, Srimathi Shetty, was a resident of Amar Alva Road in near Monkey Stand. In a communiqué, he said the preliminary inquiry has revealed details of some personal reasons behind the murder.
The police said Ms. Shetty ran an electrical shop in Pandeshwar. She was living separately from her husband, Sudeep, following her divorce. In fact, Sudeep has been lodged at Mangaluru District Prison for a week now in connection with a mobile theft case.
The police have collected CCTV footage that shows a person leaving the gunny bag and helmet near the shop in the early hours of Sunday. Three police teams have been formed to find the culprit.
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