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A 32-year-old woman was killed and her body hacked to pieces allegedly by her live-in partner at their rented home in Maharashtra.

The body of a 40-year-old woman was found in TC Palya Main road of KR Puram area in Bengaluru, police said on Monday.

Thanoor Sub-Inspector Rajanna said the deceased was Kerubai (30), a widow, and the accused was Laxman, a mason and native of Bosi village in the same mandal.