Overview
- Police identified the suspect as Trilochan Mahakud, 39, a data entry operator at the Karanjia Block Education Office who also tutored the victim.
- Investigators say he called the girl on March 20, took her to a deserted area, and strangled her first with his hands and then with a belt after an altercation.
- The body was recovered the next day packed in plastic sacks near a bamboo thicket close to her home under Karanjia police limits.
- A murder case (111/26) was registered under BNS Sections 137(2) and 103(1), with multiple teams collecting exhibits and assistance from the Forest Department, a scientific unit, and a dog squad.
- Police report a confession during interrogation, cite smartwatch and other digital data to build the timeline, and say the accused will be produced before court Monday.