A tourist was stabbed to death on the paradise island of Mauritius after allegedly meeting her killer on Tinder for a holiday romance.
Zaliya Shamigulova had been missing since she left her rented apartment near the picturesque beach of Flic-en-Flac on August 17.
The Russian-born university professor was seen on video wearing a white and blue dress getting into the blue Toyota car of a “local man” who was “giving her a ride.”
It was the last time Zaliya was seen alive and a fellow traveller reported her missing.
Her relatives in Russia allegedly received messages from her saying that she had decided to disappear and not contact her.
Zaliya Shamigulova (pictured) had been missing since she left her rented apartment near the picturesque beach of Flic-en-Flac on August 17.
The Russian university professor was seen wearing a white and blue dress in a video getting into a blue Toyota car of a “local man” who was “giving her a ride.”
It has now emerged that detained suspect Puryavirsingh Sundur (pictured), 29, an IT engineer, met Zaliya via the dating app Tinder, according to Russian media outlet SHOT, which spoke to his distraught family.
CCTV footage shows Zaliya meeting her alleged killer shortly before she disappeared
Her naked body was found in a makeshift grave on Thursday with multiple stab wounds in a forest in La Marie, a residential area, according to reports.
It has now emerged that detained suspect Puryavirsingh Sundur, 29, met Zaliya through the dating app Tinder, according to Russian media outlet SHOT, which spoke to her distraught family.
Sundur, a computer engineer, confessed to the murder, say local police, who are now determining whether there were accomplices.
“He said he was deeply in love with 29-year-old Zaliya Shamigulova and was planning to marry her,” the report said.
During questioning, he said that he “supposedly found out about his new girlfriend’s infidelity.”
Zaliya’s naked body was found Thursday in a makeshift grave with multiple stab wounds in a forest in La Marie, a residential area, according to reports.
Alleged killer Pooryavirsingh Soondur, 29, alleged Tinder lover of Mauricio murder victim Zaliya Shamigulova, 29
Sundur, a computer engineer, confessed to killing Zaliya, local police say, and are now determining whether there were accomplices.
Zaliya had been a torchbearer before the Winter Olympics in Sochi in 2014.
‘On Saturday, the IT expert went to take the Russian woman on a sightseeing tour of the island, but in a fit of jealousy, he pulled out a knife and brutally killed his lover before stripping her naked and burying her body.’
Zaliya had recently posted that on her holiday in Mauritius she was “capturing happiness every day”.
She had been a torchbearer before the Sochi Winter Olympics in 2014.
Zaliya was a university professor from Chelyabinsk in the Urals who was due to travel to Madagascar on 1 September.