A preliminary forensic examination within the Bengaluru suitcase homicide has revealed {that a} deep knife damage on the neck prompted the demise of the 32-year-old girl, in accordance with police sources. In the meantime, the Bengaluru police Saturday arrested the 36-year-old husband of the girl for the homicide after he was discharged from a hospital in Pune following an alleged suicide bid.
The physique of Gauri Anil Sambrekar, who hailed from Palghar close to Mumbai, was found in a suitcase at her rented duplex home within the Doddakammanahalli village in southeast Bengaluru on March 27.
Her husband Rakesh Rajendra Khedekar, a software program skilled from Mumbai who moved to Bengaluru in February, is accused of stabbing her to demise the day past and stuffing her physique within the suitcase.
Khedekar was beneath the watch of the Bengaluru police at a Pune hospital the place he was admitted after allegedly making an attempt suicide within the Shirwal space of Maharashtra’s Satara district. “He has been despatched to judicial custody by a courtroom. We’re more likely to search police custody quickly for additional investigations of the homicide,” police sources stated.
Earlier, an investigation had indicated that Khedekar prompted three slash accidents on the neck of his spouse and three on her stomach area with a knife earlier than stuffing her physique within the trolley bag. The police have been ready for a forensic report to determine if the reason for demise was the bleeding from the slash wounds or asphyxiation after being stuffed within the trolley bag.
Gauri Anil Sambrekar was discovered useless with knife slash accidents on her neck and stomach following a suspected scuffle together with her husband on the evening of March 26. Her physique was found stuffed right into a trolley bag within the rest room after the home proprietor, accompanied by a police staff, opened the door to the rented property.
The Bengaluru police investigations revealed CCTV footage displaying Khedekar leaving his rented residence at round 12.45 am on March 27, after allegedly murdering his spouse at roughly 9 pm on March 26.
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The police stated Khedekar arrived in Shirwal, Maharashtra, on the night of March 27. He allegedly tried suicide after informing a neighbour in regards to the presence of his spouse’s physique of their rented propertyty. The Hulimavu police in Bengaluru tracked Khedekar’s location primarily based on calls made to the neighbour. They collaborated with the Maharashtra police to find him earlier than admitting him to a Pune hospital.
The preliminary findings from the investigation prompt that Khedekar allegedly killed his spouse as a consequence of a marital dispute, stated B Dayananda, Police Commissioner, Bengaluru, throughout a press briefing final week.
The police are additionally probing whether or not the homicide was premeditated or a consequence of sudden provocation.
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