February 07-2014
. . . dumped in canal
Two Indian nationals have been arrested in Italy for brutally murdering an Iranian woman who refused their sexual advances and then dumping her body in a canal in Venice.
The two accused killers were in custody Monday after police said they confessed to the murder.
The suspects —a man and a woman—shared a Milan apartment with the victim, 29-year-old Mahfab Ahadsavoji, whose body was discovered last Tuesday off the island of Lido.
The pair, Rajeshwar Singh and Gagandeep Kaur, allegedly strangled the woman after she refused sexual advances. They then stuffed her body inside luggage with rollers and took it by train to the northern city of Lecco with the intention of tossing it into Lake Como, police said.
After determining there were too many witnesses in that area, the pair opted to take the body to Venice instead, again by train, police said.
A Venice taxi driver told police they paid him 500 euros for the return trip to Milan.
Police said the pair initially denied involvement, but their movements with the suitcase were reportedly captured by security cameras at the Venice train station, prompting a confession.
The victim’s nude body was identified by fingerprints. A costume designer in Iran, Ahadsavoji was in Milan for a two-month course at the Academy of Fine Arts of Brera.
