Landlord told us about foul smell: Mother of woman found stuffed inside fridge

The body of a 29-year-old woman was found chopped into pieces in a refrigerator in Bengaluru on Saturday. The woman’s mother told India Today TV that she came to know about the incident when her daughter’s landlord called her to inform her about a foul smell coming from the house.
According to the police, the body of the woman, Mahalakshmi, was cut into over 30 pieces and was stuffed in a refrigerator.
“Her house owner had called us at night to inform us about a foul smell coming from the house. My daughter’s body was cut and stuffed inside the fridge,” Mahalakshmi’s mother said.
Mahalakshmi used to live in a one-bedroom apartment in Bengaluru’s Vyalikaval area. She was married but was living separately from her husband.
After learning about the incident, her husband too came to the spot, PTI reported.
The police suspect the murder took place about two-three days ago.
Her remains were sent for post-mortem earlier today. The test report is awaited.
The incident was a stark reminder of the brutal murder of Shraddha Walker by her live-in partner Aftab Poonawalla on May 18, 2022 at Mehrauli in Delhi.
Twenty-eight-year-old Poonawala allegedly strangled Walkar and sawed her body into 35 pieces which he kept in a 300-litre fridge for almost three weeks at his residence before dumping them across the city.