BENGALURU: A 22-year-old vlogger-cum-private company employee from the city was found murdered inside a hotel room in Indiranagar on Tuesday morning.
Maya Gogoi, a native of Assam, had been residing in HSR Layout for three years. An employee with a firm in Koramangala, Maya came to hotel Royal Living, located opposite Double Road Park, 1st Stage Indiranagar, on Nov 23 afternoon. She was accompanied by a male friend, Arnav Harnoy from Kerala, police said.
The incident came to light when the hotel staff knocked on the door to ask for breakfast orders. When they received no response, they checked the CCTV camera and found Arnav leaving the hotel in a hurry early Tuesday morning. Sensing something amiss, they opened the door with a duplicate key. Maya’s body was found on the bed with multiple stab wounds. Her mobile phone was recovered from the crime scene. Police said they are collecting information from the device.
“We suspect Arnav Harnoy could have stabbed May Gogoi to death on Monday. He would have spent the night with the body and, after packing his belongings, left the room early morning. CCTV footage from surrounding buildings show him boarding a cab after coming out of the hotel. We have definite clues on him and will arrest him soon. Between Nov 24 and 26, none other than Arnav and Maya entered the room,” a police officer said.