Overview
- A BBMP garbage truck driver found a sack containing a woman’s body with her hands and neck tied inside a Koramangala truck early on June 29.
- CCTV and digital forensics traced the sack from arrival in an auto-rickshaw to the garbage truck, leading to the suspect’s arrest within 20 hours.
- The victim was identified as Pushpa alias Asha, a 40-year-old contract employee from Hulimavu who had two children.
- Police allege Mohammed Shamshuddin strangled her during a drunken argument and rode nearly 20 km on his motorcycle to dump her body.
- Investigators are awaiting autopsy and forensic reports to confirm the precise cause of death and determine whether sexual assault occurred.