Navy Technician Kills Girlfriend, Dismembers Body in Visakhapatnam

In Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, a 35-year-old Indian Navy technician allegedly murdered his girlfriend during an argument at his apartment on Sunday, March 29, before dismembering her body and hiding the remains in his home and at a remote location.

Police arrested Chintada Ravindra, a resident of Rajam in Vizianagaram district who worked at INS Dega, after he surrendered at the Gajuwaka Police Station that evening. The victim, 29-year-old Polipalli Mounika, a local resident, had visited Ravindra's flat in the LV Nagar area after he called her that afternoon. Authorities said the two had been in a relationship since meeting through a dating app during the 2021 lockdown. Over time, their interactions soured when Mounika allegedly demanded money from Ravindra and threatened to inform his wife about the affair.

Ravindra's wife had left for her parents' home in Vizianagaram a few weeks earlier, leaving him alone in the apartment. During the visit, an argument escalated, and Ravindra stabbed Mounika to death, according to police accounts. He then dismembered the body using knives he had ordered online after initially failing to purchase them locally. Investigators recovered...