Bidushi Dash Barde, who hailed from Odisha but was brought up in Chennai, was found killed in her apartment in Manish Garden building in suburban Andheri on Monday night. Her husband Kedar found the body, which had injury marks inflicted by a sharp weapon, on her neck and chin, the police said.
Initially, police suspected Bidushi may have collapsed due to diabetes-related complications and suffered fatal injuries after falling on a glass showcase. Subsequently an accidental death case was registered. However, a preliminary post-mortem report indicated stab marks, after which the police registered a murder case.
The police have recorded statements of a number of people, who were in contact with the model, but several doubts were raised about Kedar's behaviour.
"Kedar had a sudden change in behaviour. The couple had a fight on Sunday over some issue. They were going through a bad phase since long. After leaving for work from home at around 7.30 am on Monday, Kedar sent a few caring text messages to her phone, which he did not do in the past. The first message was sent at 8.15 am," a police official said.
"Kedar had called up his father, who is a lieutenant colonel, in the morning. He then made three calls to Bidushi. As she did not attend the calls, Kedar called up Bidushi's father, who is an Indian Airfoce official, saying that she did not attend his calls despite repeated attempts. Perhaps, this was the first time, Kedar telephoned his father-in-law since their love marriage. We want to know why this sudden change," the police official said. (MORE)