In a major development in the mystery-shrouded Subhalaxmi Sahu death case, the police have accessed to a video link which suggests that the deceased, whose body was found in a hotel room in Bhubaneswar, was being blackmailed over an MMS.
Even though six days have passed since Subhalaxmi’s body was found in a hotel room in Bhubaneswar, the suspense over her death is yet to end.
Meanwhile, the investigating team has accessed a video clip while going through the call detail record (CDR) of the deceased’s mobile phone.
The police suspect that she was being blackmailed over an MMS. From a specific number, she had been receiving threats. While the deceased’s chats are there in her phone, the chats from the other side have been deleted for which the suspense is deepening further.
“We have already questioned her family members and all those who were associated with her. But we are yet to zero in on the reason why she took the extreme step,” Bhubaneswar DCP Prateek Singh told journalists on Thursday.
Meanwhile, the deceased’s uncle Rajendra Padhi, her two alleged boyfriends-Anil and Sanjay-and the person involved in the video chat are under the police scanner. Rajendra has already admitted that he had engaged her in a bar. But the deceased had stopped talking to her uncle three months before her death. This has made the case more mysterious.
“If I am involved in any way, I wouldn’t have come before the media. I never troubled her. And I didn’t have any contact with her for the three months before her death,” Padhi clarified.
It is pertinent to mention here that, taking suo motu cognizance of the case, the Odisha State Commission for Women (SCW) has lodged a case and asked Bhubaneswar DCP to conduct a thorough probe and submit a report before the commission within 15 days.