Pramesh S Jain
28-year-old domestic help from Bangladesh staying in the city for the last six years illegally was found sexually assaulted and murdered at the lake bed in Ramamurthy Nagar on Friday.
The deceased identified asNajma,whose dead body was found with multiple injuries at the Kalkere Lake bed in Ramamurthy Nagar on Friday morning.
Senior officer told reporters,Prima facie based on the details provided by the husband it was found that Najma had no legal passport or documents and entered the city illegally from Bangladesh,”she is stating at labourers colony with husband rag picker and three children.
“She also had a brother in the city admitted with the information given by the husband.”
Najma’s husband Suman has been working as a garbage segregator with the BBMP for many years .
Suman,had valid documents including a Bangladesh passport and entered the city legally around six years ago.
Their three children are in Bangladesh with relatives,the police said.However it is still a mystery how suman being illegal immigrant from Bangladesh managed to work for BBMP.
During investigation it was found Najma worked as a house help at an apartment in Kalkere.She stayed with her husband in Ramakrishna Layout in Kothanur,not far from where she worked.
Najma went missing on Thursday evening after she had left the apartment post her work.She had informed her husband that she was going to work.
On Friday morning,Bengaluru police received an alert on their emergency helpline of a dead body.A passerby had noticed Najma in a deserted area with visible injuries to her head and had alerted the cops.
The jurisdictional Police Ramamurthy Nagar police visited the spot and began the investigation.Scene of crime (SOCO) teams and Forensic investigators, too, were roped into gather crucial evidence.
“The victim had injuries to her skull,face and neck area,” . “We are awaiting the autopsy report to ascertain sexual assault and cause of the death .”
The Ramamurthy Nagar police have registered a case and have launched a manhunt to trace the suspect.