Clothing tag helps Bengaluru police identify decomposed body of woman murdered about 20 days earlier
The accused, identified as Sagar Chandra Rawat, allegedly killed his wife Anusuya Behara, 28, following a fight over a financial matter in their rented house near Sampigehalli on August 11
Bengaluru police have apprehended a 32-year-old man, Sagar Chandra Rawat, in connection with the murder of his wife, Anusuya Behara, whose decomposed body was discovered in a vacant site in Agrahara Layout on September 2. The incident occurred after a dispute over financial matters, where Rawat allegedly strangled Anusuya on August 11.
Initially, he kept her body at their rented house in Sampigehalli for three days before disposing of it. On August 16, he wrapped the decomposed body in a bed and dumped it near his house after noticing the thick vegetation. The property owner alerted the police, who arrived around 7 p.m. The body was identified through a tag on the woman’s clothes, which led investigators to the shopping complex in Bhubaneswar where the garment was purchased.
Rawat was subsequently arrested. The couple had recently married and moved to Bengaluru to earn a livelihood. The police are conducting a DNA test to confirm the identity of the deceased, and an FIR has been filed under Section 103(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
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