Archive · 18 Sep 2026
Man Allegedly Strangles Partner After Bengaluru Argument
Police in Bengaluru arrested a 28-year-old man named Munnadas.
His partner, 21-year-old Champoodas, was found dead in their rented home.
Both people were from Assam.
Police said the couple had argued about their relationship.
The house owner found Champoodas’s body wrapped in a saree.
At first, police recorded the death as possibly unnatural.
An autopsy later indicated that the death was a murder.
Police allege that Munnadas tried to make the death look like a suicide.
Police arrested 28-year-old Munnadas after his partner Champoodas was found dead in Bengaluru.
The couple, both from Assam, had been living together in a rented house in Naganathapura.
Police said the pair argued after Champoodas questioned Munnadas about their relationship.
The house owner found Champoodas’s body wrapped in a saree on August 30 and contacted police.
An autopsy report indicated murder, prompting police to investigate beyond the initial Unnatural Death Report.
- Who
- Munnadas, 28, and his partner Champoodas, 21, both from Assam.
- What
- Champoodas was found dead, and police allege Munnadas strangled her and attempted to present the death as suicide.
- When
- The body was found on August 30; police said Munnadas had come to Bengaluru the previous month.
- Where
- A rented house in Naganathapura, Bengaluru.
- Why
- Police said the couple argued after Champoodas questioned Munnadas about their relationship.
- Accused
- Munnadas, a 28-year-old man from Lakhipur in Assam’s Cachar district
- Victim
- Champoodas, 21, also from Assam
- Location
- Naganathapura, Bengaluru
- Discovery date
- August 30
- Initial police action
- An Unnatural Death Report was registered
- Key evidence
- The autopsy report indicated murder
- Body found
- Wrapped in a saree inside the rented house