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Raped, killed, posted assault video on Whatsapp group: MBA student held in classmate’s death case in MP’s Indore
The preliminary post-mortem report identified strangulation after physical assault as the cause of death.
A Master of Business Administration (MBA) student was arrested in Mumbai on Saturday for allegedly raping, killing his 25-year-old classmate in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore, and posting the video of the sexual assault on their college’s WhatsApp group.
A semi-decomposed body of a classmate was found in Indore on Friday. Additional deputy police commissioner Dishesh Agrawal said the accused, Piyush Dhanotia, is from Madhya Pradesh’s Mandsaur.
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Investigators said Dhanotia confessed to having strangled his classmate on February 10 and fleeing after locking his rented room.
The 25-year-old woman went missing on February 10. The following day, videos featuring her and a man were circulated in their college WhatsApp group. Her face was visible, and the man’s was obscured.
The college administration removed the content and informed the woman’s father, who then filed a missing complaint. On Friday, a foul smell was reported from Dhanotia’s room. Police broke the locked door and found the woman’s body in a semi-decomposed condition.
The preliminary post-mortem report identified strangulation after physical assault as the cause of death. Dhanotia has been booked under sections 103 (murder), 64 (rape) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhitha and the Information Technology Act.
