A 24-year-old female flight attendant was found dead under suspicious circumstances in an apartment in Mumbai, following which the police have registered a case of murder. An official gave this information on Monday. The deceased has been identified as Rupal Ogre, a resident of Chhattisgarh, who had come to Mumbai for Air India training in April, the official said.
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The Powai police has registered a case of murder against unknown persons and formed several teams to nab the culprits, the official said. The CCTV footage of the road and the society is being verified. Police have detained a maid from the society. Along with this, the body has been sent for postmortem.
According to the police, during the investigation, the police found that the woman was staying in the flat with her sister and her male friend, but both of them had gone to their respective homes eight days ago, the police informed them of the incident.
Police said when the woman did not respond to her family members’ phone calls, they contacted her local friends in Mumbai and asked them to visit her flat.
According to the police, when local friends of the family reached there, they found the flat locked from inside and no one answered the bell.
The official said they later contacted the Powai police, with the help of which the flat was opened using another key.
He said the woman’s throat was cut and she fell on the ground. He was rushed to Rajawadi Hospital, where he was declared brought dead before admission. The official said the police have registered a case under Section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code and started investigation.
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