Bengaluru police files chargesheet in PG hostel woman murder case

Bengaluru: Bengaluru Police on Saturday submitted a 1,205-page chargesheet to the court in connection with the sensational murder case of a 24-year-old Bengaluru woman in a PG hostel in the upscale Koramangala area of ​​the city.

DCP (South East) Saarah Fathima said that the chargesheet was filed in the Kriti Kumari murder case reported from Kormangala PG hostel against the accused, 23-year-old Abhishekh Ghosi, a native of Begum Ganj in Madhya Pradesh state.

The chargesheet runs to 1,205 pages and names 85 witnesses. The FIR in the case was registered on July 24. The accused was arrested on July 26 in Madhya Pradesh. Charges have been filed against the accused under Section 103 (1) of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS).

Abhishek, who had stabbed the deceased Kriti Kumari to death on the night of July 23, had fled to Madhya Pradesh and was hiding there.

He was arrested by special police units who had launched a manhunt for him.

The deceased Kriti Kumari, a native of Bihar, was working in a private company. Preliminary investigation has revealed that Abhishek was in a relationship with a friend and colleague of Kriti Kumari. Abhishek's girlfriend is from Maharashtra.

Abhishek used to visit the PG hostel and often travelled from Bhopal to Bengaluru to meet his girlfriend. The relationship between them deteriorated and the victim's boyfriend started avoiding him. Following this, Abhishek came to the PG hostel and created a ruckus. Kriti Kumari had helped her friend shift to a new PG hostel and both of them stopped answering his calls.

Angry, Abhishek came to the PG hostel where Kriti was staying and committed the crime.

Horrifying video footage of the woman's brutal murder later emerged, raising concerns about the safety of hundreds of thousands of women in the IT city.