Mumbai: Girl found dead at hostel room, suspect commits suicide

The body of the 18-year-old girl was found dead in a hostel room of a posh area of Marine Drive area in Mumbai. After that, the 30-year-old, who was a suspect in the case was also found dead. Mumbai police suspect this is a rape case, but the same will be confirmed after the autopsy […]

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The body of the 18-year-old girl was found dead in a hostel room of a posh area of Marine Drive area in Mumbai.

After that, the 30-year-old, who was a suspect in the case was also found dead. Mumbai police suspect this is a rape case, but the same will be confirmed after the autopsy report only. The suspect who was untraceable after a few hours of murder, was found dead at the railway track near Charni Road.

According to the information, the suspect was working as a guard for the last 15 years at Savitri Phule Women’s Hostel near the Police Gymkhana in south Mumbai. Notably, the FIR has been registered in the case under the Marine Drive police station. 

Apart from this, the chief minister of Maharashtra Eknath Shinde has also assured that action will be taken against the guilty. As quoted by ANI, the chief minister said, “This is a very unfortunate incident… the suspect has also died by suicide…Police probing the incident and action will be taken against those who’re found guilty: Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde on the alleged murder of an 18-year-old girl in a Women’s Hostel in Marine Drive”