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Bengaluru techie allegedly murders wife (X/@zoo_bear)
A 36-year-old man was arrested over the killing of his 32-year-old wife, whose body was discovered hidden in a suitcase at their rented residence in south Bengaluru. The appalling crime was revealed last Thursday evening when the accused, named as Rakesh Rajendra Khedekar, phoned his landlord and admitted to the murder, telling him that he had slaughtered his wife, Gouri Anil Sambrekar, a day before and escaped from the city.
Gouri, a mass media graduate, had just migrated to Bengaluru from Mumbai in pursuit of employment. Rakesh, who works as a project manager at a software company, and Gouri were residing in a first-floor building in Doddakammanahalli, close to Hulimavu, for only a month. The couple had moved to Bengaluru in recent times, although the precise date of the relocation is not known.
Techie kills wife, stuffs body in suitcase, flees to Pune#Bengaluru techie Rakesh Rajendra Khedekar, stabbed his wife Gouri in the stomach & slit her throat after a quarrel, stuffed her body in a suitcase and fled to Pune. He confessed to his in-laws and landlord before… pic.twitter.com/qQMXBx6dPi
— Nabila Jamal (@nabilajamal_) March 28, 2025
Rakesh, police said, called their landlord at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, telling him about the murder and requesting him to inform the police and the family of Gouri so that they could arrange for the funeral. Their landlord, shocked, took a running leap towards the house but was greeted by the door being locked from the outside. He got worried and immediately dialed emergency helpline 112.
A 32-year-old woman was found murdered and her body stuffed in a suitcase at her rented house in Hulimavu, Bengaluru. The accused has been identified as Rakesh Rajendra Khedekar and the deceased as Gauri Anil Sambrekar. The couple are said to be originally from Maharashtra and… pic.twitter.com/Xb8tUXS7TY
— Mohammed Zubair (@zoo_bear) March 27, 2025
Hulimavu police arrived at the call, and after breaking into the house, they found Gouri's body packed into a trolley suitcase. The authorities also found that Rakesh's mobile phone was still on, which proved to be important in tracing him. With this information, DCP (southeast) Sarah Fathima coordinated with the Maharashtra police. The police force of Bengaluru promptly traveled to Pune and, with the assistance of their Maharashtra counterparts, arrested Rakesh at about 9:30 p.m. while he was driving towards Pune.
Rakesh is being brought back to Bengaluru for further interrogation. Investigations are in progress, and officials are reconstructing the events that resulted in the tragic accident.
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