Air hostess falls to death from Bengaluru high-rise, boyfriend detained

Mangalore Today News Network

Bengaluru, Mar 13, 2023: Bengaluru police have detained the boyfriend of a 28-year-old air hostess after she was found dead near a high-rise building in Koramangala on Saturday. The victim worked as an air hostess for an international airline company and had recently arrived from Dubai to meet her boyfriend.

 

The accused told the police that he was in a relationship with the victim and they often had fights. He told the police they had a fight, following which the woman fell from the building and died.

The air hostess, a resident of Himachal Pradesh, had come to meet her boyfriend, who works as a software engineer in an IT company. The accused is a native of Kerala.

According to police, the incident took place around 12 am when the victim fell from the fourth floor of the apartment. Police said a preliminary probe into the matter revealed that the couple had an argument and then the woman fell from the high-rise. The incident was reported by her boyfriend, police said.

Police suspect that the woman’s boyfriend might have killed her. A murder case has been registered and the matter is being probed.

Police said the couple met on a dating application and were in a relationship for the past six months. But, recently, they were facing ups and downs in their relationship due to frequent fights, they added.

On Friday night, the couple went to watch a film and got into an argument when they returned home. Sources in the police said the woman had come to Bengaluru to meet her boyfriend as the couple had decided to part ways.

"Initially, a case of suicide was registered. Later on, a murder case was registered as jumping from the fourth floor of the building was not easy. The accused is in police custody and the matter is being probed," CK Baba, DCP South East told India Today, adding that the victim was not drunk.

Courtesy: India Today