A migrant worker from Odisha has been arrested in Bengaluru for attempting to rape a woman and then killing her, police said on Saturday.<\/p>\n
The police identified the 21-year-old victims as as Mahananda, a resident of Laxmisagar locality, while the accused was named as Krishnachand Seti.<\/p>\n
Mahananda, who originally hailed from Kalaburagi and worked at a petrol bunk in Laxmisagar, was found dead in front of her house on Friday.<\/p>\n
She lived with her sister who also worked at the same petrol bunk.<\/p>\n
The accused lived in the neighboring house and worked as a security guard in the tech park.<\/p>\n
According to the police, Mahananda did not go to work on Thursday and remained at home.<\/p>\n
Later in the night when she came out of the house briefly, the accused who was eyeing her movement, dragged her into his house and attempted to rape her.<\/p>\n
The victim resisted him and tried to scream seeking for help, but Krishnachand closed her mouth with one hand and strangled her with the other.<\/p>\n
Mahananda died due to suffocation.<\/p>\n
The police said that after the murder, the accused wrapped the body in a bedsheet and kept it in the corner of his house.<\/p>\n
At about 5.30 a.m. the next day, he had dumped the body in front of her house.<\/p>\n
Later, when people gathered, the accused had also stood among the crowd, expressing shock over the incident.<\/p>\n
The police however, suspected his role after he failing to give convincing answers in the preliminary questioning and confessed to the crime after being grilled.<\/p>\n