Bilaspur (Chhattisgarh): A man has been detained for allegedly killing his wife, chopping her body into pieces and then dumping them in a water tank at his residence in Uslapur in Chhattisgarh's Bilaspur, police sources said. The body has now been recovered.
Police sources suspect that the body parts must have been dumped about two months back. Sources identified the suspect as Pavan Thakur. Preliminary investigations revealed that he killed his wife Sati Sahu suspecting her of infidelity.
In the police interrogation, Pawan Thakur revealed that he had a love marriage with his wife and had two children. On the day of the murder, Thakur dropped their children at their village. After killing his wife he chopped her body into pieces and covered them in polythene. Thakur also revealed to the police that he tried to hide the body on several occasions but he could not get the chance to do so.
The Crime Branch team reached Thakur's place on Sunday on suspicion of theft. During their search, they found the woman's dead body in the tank. Sakri police station in-charge Sagar Pathak said, "The victim's body has been found in pieces. The body parts have been sent for postmortem. Her husband is presently being interrogated."
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This murder bears an uncanny resemblance with the Shraddha Walkar murder case in Delhi that had shaken the country. Shraddha's live-in partner Aaftab Poonawala had murdered and then chopped her body into pieces. Poonawala then refrigerated those pieces and disposed of those at a nearby forest over weeks. Poonawala revealed to the police that he had killed Shraddha after a heated argument. Shraddha's murder came to light six months after her death when her father filed a missing person complaint.
Her father got to know from her friends that they were not able to contact her for over two-and-a-half months. This subsequently brought out the brutal murder and led to Poonawala's arrest by the Delhi Police on Nov. 12, 2022 after he 'confessed' to his crime.
"The scientific tests of Poonawala, including psychological assessment, layered voice analysis, polygraph test, narco analysis and post-narco analysis corroborated the accused's version," the charge sheet filed by the Delhi Police mentioned.
"Substantive circumstantial as well as corroborative evidence linked with direct evidence like last seen evidence and digital trails, statements of witnesses have been collected during the investigation," it further stated. The traces of blood found in Poonawala's refrigerator also matched the DNA profile of Shraddha's father, the charge sheet said.
