Monika Susayraj

Marria alias Monika Susayraj, a kannada actress and her boyfriend M.L. Jerome Matthew, a naval officer, have been arrested for the sensational murder of Neeraj Grover, creative director (aaosiate of Synergy Adlabs. Neeraj had gone missing a fortnight ago.

Mathew and Marria Monika Soosayraj) allegedly killed Neeraj A. Grover on May 7 at Marria's flat in Malad, Mumbai.

The police suspect the murder to be an outcome of 'a love triangle'.

Marria who has acted in 4 Kannada movies befriended Grover when she came to Mumbai in search of a break in bollywood. Marria lived at Solitaire Apartments on Chincholi Bunder Road in Malad and Neeraj lived at the Four Bungalows area of Andheri.

On May 7, Neeraj Grover visited Marria's home to seek her help in shifting to his new residence and ended up staying back at her place. That evening, Matthew who was in Kochi, called up Marria and Neeraj happened to pick up the call.On learning that Neeraj is staying at Marria's place, on May 8, he boarded an early morning flight to Mumbai and went to Marria's Malad flat. On seeing Grover in Marria's bedroom, Mathew flew into a rage and battered him to death, while Marria watched.

Mathew later chopped Grover's body into small pieces and stuffed these into bags. He loaded them in Marria's Santro car to Manor, a coastal village 4km from Mumbai where he burnt the bags containing the body pieces and went to the airport to catch the next flight back to Kochi.

However later, Grover's friend called up on his phone - and Marria answered. She said that Grover had 'gone out' forgetting his cellphone. Then, Amarnath Grover, the Neeraj's father, called up to enquire his whereabouts and he lodged a missing person complaint with the Malad police station.

Marria was summoned for interrogation where she broke down and confessed. Matthew was then apprehended from Kochi and Marria was also arrested.