Mumbai: Man Arrested for Air Hostess' Murder Found Dead in Police Custody
Mumbai: Man Arrested for Air Hostess' Murder Found Dead in Police Custody
This comes days after the air hostess was found dead with her throat slit in an apartment in the Marol locality

A 40-year-old man, who was arrested for allegedly murdering a 23-year-old air hostess, was found hanging using a pair of pants in Mumbai police’s custody on Friday.

The accused, identified as Vikram Athwal, was found in this condition inside the toilet of Andheri police station. It is a suspected case of suicide, police officials have said.

This comes days after the air hostess was found dead with her throat slit in an apartment in the Marol locality, just two kilometers from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Maharashtra’s Mumbai.

The deceased, identified as Rupal Ogrey, hailed from Chhattisgarh and came to Mumbai in April for training with Air India. Her dead body was found late on Sunday night in a flat at NG Complex on Krishanlal Marwah Marg in Marol.

During the probe, the police found the woman resided in the flat along with her sister and the latter’s boyfriend, but the duo left for their native place eight days back. The police have now informed them about the incident, the official said.

Athwal, who was doing housekeeping work over the last one year in the residential society where the victim lived, was arrested on Monday on the charge of killing her.

A local court had remanded him in police custody till September 8.

During the probe, the police recovered a knife allegedly used by him to kill Ogrey along with the clothes he was wearing at the time of the crime.

According to police, Athwal was married and had two daughters.

Athwal and Ogrey used to argue over petty issues, the police said, adding that as per their preliminary investigation, Athwal entered Ogrey’s flat under the pretext of picking up a garbage bag and cleaning the commode and then killed her.

With PTI Inputs 

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