A 29-year-old woman was found murdered in her Vyalikaval home in Bengaluru, with her body dismembered into close to 50 pieces and stored in a refrigerator. The incident came to light on Saturday after the neighbours noticed a foul smell from the single-bedroom apartment and alerted her family.

Bengaluru is gripped by a chilling murder case as the dismembered body of a young woman, identified as Mahalakshmi, was discovered in a freezer, revealing a gruesome crime that has left the community in shock.

The body was first discovered by the landlord of the victim who had entered the flat to find out the source of the foul stench that had been pervading the neighbourhood for over two days. The woman has been identified as Mahalakshmi,

H Mahalakshmi Das, aged 29, was found brutally murdered in her Bengaluru residence. Her body had been dismembered and stored in a refrigerator. The discovery was made after the building owner reported a foul smell to her family.