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Pregnant Odisha woman murdered, lover among two arrested
The body of a pregnant 22-year-old woman from Odisha’s Koraput district was recovered in Andhra Pradesh’s Vizianagaram district. Police have arrested her alleged live-in partner Mohan Khilla, 35, and his associate Milan…
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The body of a pregnant 22-year-old woman from Odisha’s Koraput district was recovered in Andhra Pradesh’s Vizianagaram district. Police have arrested her alleged live-in partner Mohan Khilla, 35, and his associate Milan Kuldeep, 19, for murder and body disposal. The victim, Albina Garada, went missing on July 29. Her family discovered her pregnancy only after an Anganwadi report. Police say Khilla, already married twice, killed her following a domestic dispute, hid the body for two days, then buried it in Gajapathinagaram with Kuldeep’s help. Cyber methods helped trace the remains.
The Indian Opinion
The crime is being called a 'Drishyam' plot, but that label glamorises a sordid murder of a pregnant woman by a man with two wives. The real story is about a pattern: women lured into unregistered relationships with no legal protection, then discarded violently. The accused reportedly lodged a missing complaint himself, a common tactic. The test will be whether the courts examine why the Anganwadi report that revealed the pregnancy was not used to offer her any counselling or legal aid, and whether the accused's marital status was ever disclosed to the victim.
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