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An Indian origin man in Singapore has been charged with the murder of a woman, who was found dead in a rented apartment, according to a media report.
According to a court document, the 34-year-old M Krishnan allegedly on Wednesday night killed 40-year-old Mallika Begum Rahamansa Abdul Rahman in the apartment in the northern housing estate of Woodlands.
Police said the two knew each other and were understood to be in a relationship. Both had frequent quarrels, Today, an online portal, reported.
When the police arrived at the murder scene soon after receiving a call at 1:34 a.m. on Thursday, Mallika was lying motionless inside a room. Paramedics pronounced her dead at the scene, the report said.
Though Krishnan fled the scene by that time, the police managed to apprehend him hours later as his identity was “quickly established”, the police said.
Krishnan, who faces the death penalty if convicted of murder, was not represented by an attorney on Friday. He was granted bail and was remanded at the Central Police Division.
The next hearing for Krishnan’s case has been set on January 25.
-Sowmya Sangam
