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Did Boyfriend Kill TCS Girl? (Orkut Case)

A 24-year-old Tata Consultancy Services engineer was found dead on Monday morning in a hotel room in Andheri, where she had checked in with a male companion on Saturday.

Koushambi Layek, a systems consultant with TCS, was found dead in room number 202 of Hotel Sun-n-Sheel in Andheri (East) when the hotel staff opened the door with a duplicate key after their repeated calls on the intercom went unanswered. She was found lying on the bed soaked in blood with two bullets wounds.

Mumbai police is drawing a sketch of the man who identified himself as Manish Thakur and accompanied Koushambi to the hotel where she was found dead. The Manish Thakur in this photograph was a close friend of hers

Koushambi had checked into the hotel at 7 am on Saturday, May 12 with a man who signed as Manish Thakur in the guest register.

On Monday, the hotel staff called up the room at around noon and when nobody responded despite repeated attempts, they opened the door with a duplicate key.

"Koushambi was shot twice from point blank range - one bullet lodged in her head and the other in her neck. We have recovered her TCS identity card, a railway pass and a chopper from the spot," said Deputy Commissioner Naik Navre.

Nobody in the hotel heard the gun shots and the police suspect that Koushambi was gagged before being shot. The police are now in the process of drawing a sketch of the man with whom Koushambi had checked in with the help of the descriptions provided by the hotel staff.

VICTIM: Koushambi Layek, 4 fans 248 scraps 3 photos 0 videos

According to the police, the couple had been to other hotels also in the vicinity too the past two months and each time the room was booked in Manish Thakur’s name who gave a Kolkata address.

Koushambi, a native of Dumka in Chhatisgarh, shared an apartment with two TCS girls in Regalia Co-operative Housing Society in Borivli. Before moving in there, she was staying with four of her TCS colleagues — Shilpa Gangarde, Megha Acharya, Nalini Gupta and Nidhi Jain — at Sai Shraddha Housing Society at Ashokvan.

Sandeep Narvankar, secretary of Sai Shraddha Housing Society, said they never had any complaints against Koushambi from any of the residents. Suresh Singh, a watchman, said he had not seen Koushambi with any boy in the building. “She never came home late and was never accompanied by anyone,” he added.

A dog sniffs the shoes of the suspect at the Sun-N-Sheel Hotel where the TCS systems engineer was found dead. (Inset) Koushambi Layek, the victim

Interestingly, there is a Manish Thakur listed among Koushambi’s friends on Orkut. And this what she has to say about him: “Well, what to say about this sportive guy...he is really caring and loving guy...He is amazing, awesome and friendly. I need not describe him as anyone close to him must surely be aware of his abilities. He is an all-rounder..Be it in the field of studies, sports or music. He is a champ...Don’t u think so???”

Manish Thakur’s profile on Orkut opens with: “Hi, this is Manish here. hope u will find it interesting with me. all the best. only good friends are allowed, thankx...”

He gives his age as 28 and says he is on Orkut for friends, activity partners and business networking. In the space for residential address, he mentions two cities -- Kolkata and Kochi.

Additional Commissioner of Police Bipin Bihari said: “Police has managed to get contact numbers of Manish Thakur and the numbers are being tracked to reach the suspect. We are hopeful to get hold of him soon, although we are not sure if he entered his real name in the register.”

Orkut leads to the Murder of a young girl in India

The brutal murder of Koushambi Layek refuses to leave the mind. Her cheerful, vivacious and straightforward gaze from her picture on orkut seems to haunt many as we try to figure what exactly went wrong and why did she have to face such an ill-fated end.
MANISH THAKUR was arrested by the Police from a hotel room in Andheri. Was it a case of ‘crime of passion’ or was it the fake posturing over the net on Thakur’s part that lured Koushambi into such a deadly web, one from which she’d never come out. Koushambi Layek, a 24-year old software professional working for TCS would have never expected that she could have ever faced such a brutal death. Koushambi met Thakur, a navy officer, online two years back and the story goes like this. Manish, in spite of being married lured her to marry him. Koushambi had informed her family, but they advised her against it. Their relationship continued and the police suspect that he might have murdered her because she denied marrying him. Manish tried to convince her several times that he will divorce his wife to marry her. In fact, he had not informed her initially that he was married. Her body was found in a pool of blood in a hotel room in Andheri. They had checked in as Mr. and Mrs. Thakore on May 12. She had been killed on Sunday night and by Monday afternoon the hotel employees found her body. By then Manish had sneaked away. Police confirmed that this murder was preplanned. This is because Manish was already carrying a chopper and a gun with him. They also suspect that he might have shot her in her sleep. The latest updates on CNN-IBN say that after shooting her (through a pillow to avoid noise of the gunshot! and he had also turned up the TV volume), Manish wanted to chop her into pieces. But, he couldn’t and stayed on for almost five hours drinking a whole bottle of whisky. Now where does orkut come into picture: Both of them had their profiles on orkut! Condolences are pouring into her scrapbook (http://www.orkut.com/Profile.aspx?uid=11725203022944506305) and some "great wishes" into his (http://www.orkut.com/Profile.aspx?uid=348385650417627297)! Using this site, the police tracked the killer at Vasco (in Goa). I was shocked to see the testimonial written by a girl to her future killer: Koushambi: Well, what to say about this guy... He is a really caring and loving guy... He is amazing, awesome and friendly. I need not describe him, as anyone close to him must surely be aware of his abilities. He is an all rounder.. Be it in the field of studies, sports or music. He is a champo...Don’t u think so??? According to her, he seemed to be intelligent - an all rounder - well his so-called intelligence killed her! Why did he do this? She was the only financial support to her mom, who is a widow. The deadly roots from the net just squashed her life and a family’s hopes. When matrimonial sites make relationships online, we should be aware that there are so many deadly pits in the Internet where you can fall to never return. Can you imagine such an incident happening to your friend? Her friends are all in a shock - they can’t believe that she could get involved with such a Psycho! This reminds me of another incident - One of the girls whom I know met a guy through the net - It all started with friendship and later after a year or two they started dating. They fell in love (that was expected), but before getting too involved she asked for a commitment. His reply was "Oh ! I can’t guarantee that I will marry you - you may have to wait for two years till my younger sister gets married. I can’t forget my sister’s marriage and start thinking about mine.” I couldn’t help thinking to myself: Okayyyyyyyyy!!! MR. PERFECT!!!! - your love for family is like"WOW," but where are u luring this girl to - just for time pass? Is she not a sister to her brother? What is this downtrodden mentality? [Lolakutty says: "Doodh ka doodh aur nariyal paani ka naariyal paani?"] I dedicate this to all those who have got anonymous friends on the Internet. Next time you get involved with someone, at least be careful. Not all the prince charmings or drop dead gorgeous men are really worth it! U can pay your tributes to Koushambi here: http://www.orkut.com/Community.aspx?cmm=32445399