Bhubaneswar, Feb. 14 -- A 24-year-old MBA student who had been missing for two days was found dead inside a rented house in Indore on Friday, triggering shock and outrage across the city. Police suspect she was strangled, and her male classmate, believed to be her boyfriend is currently absconding and being treated as the prime suspect.

The victim, a management student at a city college, had left home on February 11, telling her family she was attending a birthday party. When she failed to return, her family filed a missing person's report at Pandharinath police station.

The case took a grim turn when residents of Dwarkapuri informed police about a foul smell emanating from a locked house. Upon entering the premises, officers discovered...