Overview
- Aleksei Leonov, a Russian national on a business visa described by police as a fire display performer, was arrested on Friday in Pernem taluka.
- The victims, Elena Vaneeva and Elena Kasthanova, both 37, were found dead in rented accommodations in Morjim and Arambol in separate incidents.
- Police say Vaneeva was killed in Morjim after 11 pm on January 14 by having her throat slit with a sharp knife, her body was found Friday evening, and Kasthanova was killed the next night in Arambol.
- According to the FIR, Kasthanova’s hands were tied behind her back with rope-like material before her throat was cut with a sharp-edged weapon.
- Mandrem police registered two murder cases under Sections 126(2) and 103(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, and the investigation is focused on establishing the sequence of events and motive.