Woman found dead with mouth blown up in a lodge in Mysuru district

The death of a 21-year-old woman in a lodge at Bherya town in Mysuru district is shrouded in mystery. She was found death with her mouth reportedly blown up.

The police have arrested the woman Darshita’s boyfriend Siddaraju, 25, and investigation is under way to ascertain the cause of death that is reported to have taken place on Saturday night.

The police said Darshita, a native of Gerasanahalli in Hunsur taluk, was married to a person from Kerala. She had checked into the lodge with Siddaraju, who hails from Bettadapura in Periyapatna. The lower jaw of the victim is reported to have been ripped off.

Amid reports of use of an explosive by the accused, Superintendent of Police, Mysuru, N. Vishnuvardhan clarified that no gelatin stick, detonator, or bomb had been used in the incident.

A team of officials from the Forensic Sciences Laboratory reached the spot and collected samples for investigation.

Though the accused claims that an “explosion” took place due to a mobile charger, the police suspect the accused to have used some “powder” that acted as a “triggering agent” for the “blast”.

The incident is reported to have taken place on first floor of the building, but nobody in the building had heard any loud sound.