India, March 14 -- The murder of a 22-year-old woman, Swathi Ramesh Badigere, from Karnataka's Masur village in Rattihalli Taluk, has sparked widespread discussions, with demands for justice flooding social media platforms.

Swathi, who worked as a nurse at a hospital in Ranebennur, was reported missing at the Hirekerur police station on March 3. Three days later, on March 6, her body was found near the Tungabhadra River in Fatehpur village, located in Ranebennur Taluk of Haveri District.

Initially, the Halegari police registered the case as that of an unidentified body and conducted a post-mortem. However, subsequent investigations confirmed that Swathi had been murdered.

Her mother, Shashirekha, filed a missing complaint on March 7 af...