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Classmate 'mistreated' Indore MBA student's body after killing her, performed occult rituals: Cops

Classmate 'mistreated' Indore MBA student's body after killing her, performed occult rituals: Cops

Published on: Feb 17, 2026 12:15 AM IST
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Indore, The classmate of a 24-year-old female MBA student, arrested in Indore for her murder, allegedly mistreated the body after the killing and also performed occult rituals while on the run, a police official said on Monday.

Classmate 'mistreated' Indore MBA student's body after killing her, performed occult rituals: Cops
Classmate 'mistreated' Indore MBA student's body after killing her, performed occult rituals: Cops

Deputy Commissioner of Police Shrikrishna Lalchandani told PTI that on February 13, people complained of a foul smell emanating from a closed house in the Dwarkapuri police station area of the city,.

After police arrived at the scene, the naked body of a 24-year-old woman was found in the house. The woman was pursuing Master of Business Administration degree from a city college and her body was found in her classmate's rented house, he said.

Lalchandani said that the woman's classmate had fled after the incident and was taken into custody in Mumbai and is being interrogated after arrest.

Referring to the accused's interrogation, the police officer said he strangled his classmate to death and then "mistreated" her body.

The DCP said, "The accused also performed witchcraft near Panvel while on the run. The accused claims that he was mentally disturbed after the murder and wanted to communicate with the woman's spirit through witchcraft."

According to the DCP, the woman and the accused were in a close relationship.

He said, "The accused suspected that she was talking to other men. Enraged, he killed her and fled."

After the woman's body was found, her father accused the classmate of trying to extort money from his daughter using her obscene photos and then torturing her to death.

He further alleged that the accused was trying to extort money by threatening her with obscene photos and had even posted these photos on her college WhatsApp group.

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