New Delhi : Behind the closed door of a rented flat in Visakhapatnam, a brutal crime unfolded piece by piece. And for hours. A 30-year-old Navy technician, Chintada Ravindra, has been arrested for allegedly killing his girlfriend Mounika, dismembering her body, and hiding the remains inside his home.
Ravindra had been living as a tenant in Gajuwaka for nearly two years. On the day of the incident, he asked Mounika to come over in the afternoon. Police say the meeting quickly turned tense. An argument broke out inside the flat and within those walls, it escalated into violence. Investigators say this was not entirely impulsive. Before the killing, Ravindra had gone to a store in Srinagar looking for knives. When he could not find them, he ordered them online.
One portion was pushed into a refrigerator, concealed behind an ordinary door in an otherwise ordinary room. Another was stuffed into a gunny sack and hidden under the bed. The third, the head, was taken away and burned in an isolated area at Adavivaram. Neighbours later spoke of an eerie normalcy. “Nothing seemed unusual. No noise, nothing,” one resident said.
Police said Ravindra’s wife had recently delivered a child and was staying at her parents’ home. With the house empty, he had called Mounika over. Investigators are still piecing together what triggered the fatal argument, but what is clear is how quickly it turned irreversible. On the friend’s suggestion, Ravindra walked into the Gajuwaka Police Station and surrendered. He confessed to the killing, police said.
Officers then entered the flat and uncovered what had been hidden, the remains, the evidence, and the chilling aftermath of what had taken place. For Mounika’s family, the loss is devastating. For neighbours, the shock lingers. And for investigators, the details of the case are unlikely to fade soon.
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