Mumbai: Air Hostess Found Dead With Slit Throat in Marol Flat; Building's Housekeeping Staffer Held

In a shocking incident, a 23-year-old 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. Police have arrested the residential society’s housekeeping staffer, identified as 40-year-old Vikram Athwal, on the charge of murder.

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.

Officials said they would be able to understand what transpired a few hours before the murder on the basis of the medical reports. Police is awaiting the permission of the victim’s family to conduct the post-mortem.

After the woman did not pick up calls from her family, they contacted their local friends in Mumbai and asked them to check on her.  When the family’s friends went there, they found the flat was locked from inside and no one responded to the doorbell.

Later, they contacted the police and with their help opened the flat using a duplicate key. Inside, the woman was found lying with her throat slit. She was immediately rushed to Rajawadi Hospital where she was declared dead before admission.

The accused was doing housekeeping work for the last one year in the residential society where the woman lived, an official from Powai police station was quoted as saying by news agency PTI.

Meanwhile, the Powai police have registered a murder case under Indian Penal Code section 302 (murder) against the accused.

Further investigation into the case is underway.