Overview
- Neighbors reported a persistent foul smell and the locked flat in Neelkanth Society, Manpada, was forced open by police who found a highly decomposed male body concealed in the bathroom.
- Investigators say the landlord received a voicemail from the tenant woman alerting him to the body, a message that prompted the police response and discovery.
- Manpada police have registered a murder FIR against the tenant couple and describe preliminary signs that evidence was deliberately tampered with, including a running tap and the body being concealed in a sack or drum.
- Forensic teams examined the scene and the body was sent for post-mortem at Rukminibai Hospital while officials dispatched special teams, including units sent to Kolkata, to trace the absconding woman and her husband.
- Authorities say early inquiries point to possible premeditation but stress that cause of death, timing, whether dismemberment occurred, and motive will be determined only after forensic and post-mortem results.