Overview

• The partially charred body of a second-year BA student was found along NH-48 near Chitradurga two days after she went missing from her hostel.
• Police said the woman had recently ended a relationship and confirmed her ex-boyfriend has been taken into custody for questioning.
• Investigators suspect she was killed and set on fire to destroy evidence and are awaiting the post-mortem to determine the cause of death and any sexual assault.
• A murder case has been registered at the Chitradurga Rural Police Station, with a manhunt under way and senior officers visiting the hospital during the probe.
• In a separate case in Tumakuru, police recovered dismembered remains of a 42-year-old woman from multiple locations and are investigating it as a suspected murder.