Bengaluru/ Bhubaneswar: A migrant worker from Odisha has been arrested in Bengaluru for attempting to rape a woman and then killing her, police said Saturday.
The police identified the 21-year-old victim as Mahananda, a resident of Laxmisagar locality, while the accused was identified as Krishnachand Sethi.
Mahananda, who originally hailed from Kalaburagi and worked at a petrol bunk in Laxmisagar, was found dead in front of her house Friday. She lived with her sister who also worked at the same petrol bunk. The accused lived in the neighboring house and worked as a security guard in the tech park, said the police.
According to the police, Mahananda did not go to work Thursday and stayed at home. Later in the night when she came out of the house briefly, the accused who was eyeing her movement, dragged her into his house and attempted to rape her.
The victim resisted him and tried to scream seeking for help, but Krishnachand closed her mouth with one hand and strangled her with the other. Mahananda died due to suffocation, informed the police.
The police said that after the murder, the accused wrapped the body in a bedsheet and kept it in the corner of his house. At about 5.30am the next day, he had dumped the body in front of her house.
Later, when people gathered, the accused also stood among the crowd, expressing shock over the incident, added the police.
The police, however, suspected his role after he failed to give convincing answers in the preliminary questioning and confessed to the crime after being grilled.
IANS