January 19,2019:

On Friday, a 34-year-old Indian-origin man was charged with murder of a woman, who was found dead in a Rented Apartment in Singapore.

Singaporean M Krishnan allegedly killed 40-year-old Mallika Begum Rahamansa Abdul Rahman in Apartment in Northern housing estate of Woodlands late on Wednesday night.

Police stated that the two knew each other and were understood to be in a relationship.

When police arrived at murder scene shortly after receiving a call at 1.34 am on Thursday, Mallika was lying motionless inside a room. Paramedics pronounced her dead at the scene.

Though Krishnan fled the scene by then, Police apprehended him hours later as his identity was “quickly established”.

Krishnan, who faces death penalty if convicted of murder, was not represented by a lawyer on Friday.

Bail was granted and he was remanded at the Central Police Division.

Next hearing has been set on January 25,2019.

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