Overview
- Investigators identified the victim as Priyanka, 22, a day after locals found her decomposed body in a suitcase near Desai Creek under the Palava Flyover.
- Police arrested Vinod Srinivas Vishwakarma, 50, the victim’s live-in partner, on allegations that he killed her and disposed of the body to destroy evidence.
- Officers say the suspect was seen on CCTV carrying the suitcase, and he allegedly admitted to strangling her after an argument before dumping the bag from a bridge.
- A murder FIR and evidence-destruction charges were registered as teams canvassed missing-person reports and CCTV across Thane, Mumbai, Kalyan and Dombivli.
- Forensic and post-mortem analyses are underway to confirm the exact cause and timing of death, with earlier on-scene assessments differing between strangulation and beating and sexual assault still unconfirmed.