<p>Bengaluru: Scattered clothes, shoes, a bag, a suitcase, bloodstains, a strong foul smell and a fridge stuffed with maggot-infested body parts — this is what the family of a 29-year-old slain woman encountered when they entered her house in central Bengaluru on Saturday. </p><p>Meena Rana, 58, was the first to discover the dismembered body of her daughter, Mahalakshmi, when she entered the house around 12.30 pm. </p><p>Mahalakshmi had been living alone on the first floor of a G+3 building on Pipeline Road near Vyalikaval since October 2023. She separated from her husband, Hemant Das, after four years of marriage, with their four-year-old daughter living with the father in Nelamangala. </p><p>Accompanied by her elder daughter, Lakshmi, Meena experienced the shock of her life when she opened the black, single-door refrigerator at Mahalakshmi's house. </p>.Cut into 28 pieces, stuffed in fridge: Dismembered body of woman found in Bengaluru.<p>"There were bloodstains on the fridge and it was infested with maggots,” Meena, 58, told the police as per the FIR seen by <em>DH</em>. </p><p>Inside the fridge were Mahalakshmi's remains, stacked in its three compartments. </p><p>Numbed with disbelief, Meena and Lakshmi rushed out of the house. They informed Lakshmi's husband Imran, who then called the police, according to the FIR. </p>.<p>Meena and her husband, Charan Singh Rana, originally hail from a village near Kathmandu, Nepal. They moved to Nelamangala, on Bengaluru's northern outskirts, nearly 35 years ago in search of work. </p><p>Their four children — Lakshmi, the eldest, followed by Mahalakshmi, Hukum Singh and Naresh — were raised in the neighbourhood. </p><p>While the others married and moved out, Meena and Rana stayed in Nelamangala with their youngest, Naresh. </p><p>According to Meena, Mahalakshmi and her husband, Das, had quarrelled for four years before deciding to live separately. </p><p>Das, who runs a mobile phone accessories store, continued to live in Nelamangala with the child, while Meena rented a house on Pipeline Road in October 2023. </p><p>According to the FIR, Mahalakshmi’s brother Hukum Singh and his wife Deepika lived with her for 15 days but moved out due to a disagreement. "I used to visit her occasionally to make sure she was okay," Meena told the police. </p><p>Around 7 pm on September 20, Meena’s elder daughter, Lakshmi, called her, informing her that the landlord had complained about a foul smell emanating from Mahalakshmi's house. </p><p>Since it was late, Meena went to the house the following day around noon, accompanied by Rana, Lakshmi and Imran. After obtaining the spare key left with a neighbour by the landlord, Meena and Lakshmi entered the house, only to find Mahalakshmi’s dismembered body.</p><p>According to the FIR, Mahalakshmi called her father around 9 am on September 2 and promised to visit them. However, she went incommunicado afterwards.</p>
<p>Bengaluru: Scattered clothes, shoes, a bag, a suitcase, bloodstains, a strong foul smell and a fridge stuffed with maggot-infested body parts — this is what the family of a 29-year-old slain woman encountered when they entered her house in central Bengaluru on Saturday. </p><p>Meena Rana, 58, was the first to discover the dismembered body of her daughter, Mahalakshmi, when she entered the house around 12.30 pm. </p><p>Mahalakshmi had been living alone on the first floor of a G+3 building on Pipeline Road near Vyalikaval since October 2023. She separated from her husband, Hemant Das, after four years of marriage, with their four-year-old daughter living with the father in Nelamangala. </p><p>Accompanied by her elder daughter, Lakshmi, Meena experienced the shock of her life when she opened the black, single-door refrigerator at Mahalakshmi's house. </p>.Cut into 28 pieces, stuffed in fridge: Dismembered body of woman found in Bengaluru.<p>"There were bloodstains on the fridge and it was infested with maggots,” Meena, 58, told the police as per the FIR seen by <em>DH</em>. </p><p>Inside the fridge were Mahalakshmi's remains, stacked in its three compartments. </p><p>Numbed with disbelief, Meena and Lakshmi rushed out of the house. They informed Lakshmi's husband Imran, who then called the police, according to the FIR. </p>.<p>Meena and her husband, Charan Singh Rana, originally hail from a village near Kathmandu, Nepal. They moved to Nelamangala, on Bengaluru's northern outskirts, nearly 35 years ago in search of work. </p><p>Their four children — Lakshmi, the eldest, followed by Mahalakshmi, Hukum Singh and Naresh — were raised in the neighbourhood. </p><p>While the others married and moved out, Meena and Rana stayed in Nelamangala with their youngest, Naresh. </p><p>According to Meena, Mahalakshmi and her husband, Das, had quarrelled for four years before deciding to live separately. </p><p>Das, who runs a mobile phone accessories store, continued to live in Nelamangala with the child, while Meena rented a house on Pipeline Road in October 2023. </p><p>According to the FIR, Mahalakshmi’s brother Hukum Singh and his wife Deepika lived with her for 15 days but moved out due to a disagreement. "I used to visit her occasionally to make sure she was okay," Meena told the police. </p><p>Around 7 pm on September 20, Meena’s elder daughter, Lakshmi, called her, informing her that the landlord had complained about a foul smell emanating from Mahalakshmi's house. </p><p>Since it was late, Meena went to the house the following day around noon, accompanied by Rana, Lakshmi and Imran. After obtaining the spare key left with a neighbour by the landlord, Meena and Lakshmi entered the house, only to find Mahalakshmi’s dismembered body.</p><p>According to the FIR, Mahalakshmi called her father around 9 am on September 2 and promised to visit them. However, she went incommunicado afterwards.</p>
