Prime Minister Narendra Modi today left for his three-day US Visit. The Prime Minister will attend the Quad summit and will hold bilateral talks with US President Joe Biden. 

US President Biden has opted for his hometown of Wilmington-around 170 kilometres from Washington- to host the farewell summit for Quad leaders. 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will land in Philadelphia around 10 am local time (7.30 pm IST) and then head to US President Joe Biden’s hometown of Wilmington, Delaware, where the two leaders will hold bilateral discussions. 

PM Modi is also likely to hold bilateral discussions with some other world leaders on the sidelines of the UN summit. 

Here are the LIVE updates on Prime Minister Modi’s US visit:

The body of a 26-year-old woman was found chopped into some 30 pieces and kept inside a fridge of an apartment in Bengaluru’s Vyalikaval, the police said. Foul smell from the apartment drew the attention of neighbours, who called the police to check.

The police said it appears the body parts have been inside the fridge for some time. Additional Commissioner of Police (West) Satish Kumar said the body has been identified.

“We will give more information after an initial investigation. She had been living in Bengaluru, though she originally belonged to another state,” Mr Kumar said.

A dog squad and a fingerprint team will secure the crime scene, while a team from the Forensics Science Laboratory (FSL) has been called, he said.

“It is a one-BHK house within Vyalikaval police station limits. The body of the 26-year-old girl was found cut into pieces and stored in a refrigerator. Prima facie, the incident did not occur today… We have identified the girl, but let us complete the initial investigation,” Mr Kumar said.

The police team that reached the apartment first saw the 165-litre, single-door fridge turned on and running, and maggots had infested the body, news agency IANS reported.

The case has parallels to the macabre murder of 27-year-old Shraddha Walkar in Delhi in 2022. She was killed by her boyfriend Aaftab Amin Poonawala, 29, and her body was chopped into 35 pieces. Poonawala then threw the body parts in a forested area near their flat.

In Bengaluru, the dismembered body of 29-year-old Mahalakshmi was found stored in a refrigerator. The crime is believed to have taken place about a week ago. Police are investigating with assistance from forensic experts and a dog squad. This brutal incident has been compared to another similar case that occurred in Delhi last year.