Bengaluru man kills wife, dumps body in vacant plot; civic workers find it days later
A senior police officer said inquiries at the mall helped investigators establish woman's identity and trace her address.
A man from Odisha, Sagar Chandra Rawat, allegedly killed his wife Anusuya during a disagreement over money matters in Bengaluru, then hid her body inside their home for three days. On August 11, the couple argued about finances, leading to Rawat assaulting and strangling his wife until she suffocated, according to police. He left her body inside their house for three days before wrapping it in a sheet and carrying it away around midnight.
Fearing discovery, Rawat buried the body at a vacant plot in MS Nagar near Sampigehalli, police said on Saturday. The body was discovered days later by workers cleaning the plot following a Greater Bengaluru Authority directive for property owners to maintain their premises. Despite the body being highly decomposed, police identified Anusuya through a mall tag on her clothing, which led to billing details, and a Ganesha pendant.
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