Indore, May 18 (PTI) A court in Indore today acquitted a man accused of killing a 30-year-old married in 2015, giving him the benefit of doubt.

Special judge B K Dwivedi observed that there was no eyewitness and the entire case rested on circumstantial evidence.

According to the police, Mahesh Bairagi, a boutique owner, murdered Kavita Raina by hitting her head with an iron pipe on August 24, 2015 after she rejected his advances.

The prosecution had said that he cut the body into six pieces with a knife, stuffed the parts in polythene bags and threw them under the bridge near Teen Imli Crossing.

The body was found two days later.

In a 75-page order, the court said the prosecution failed to prove that Bairagi murdered Raina and subsequently eliminated evidence.

The judge acquitted him giving the benefit of doubt.

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