Palghar woman, paramour held in Pune for killing her husband, burying body under tiles
Palghar, Jul 22 (PTI): Police on Tuesday arrested a woman and her paramour in Pune city for allegedly killing her husband and burying the body under floor tiles at their home in Maharashtra's Palghar district, officials said.
The gruesome murder of the victim, Vijay Chouhan (34), a resident of Gangnipada in Nallasopara, a distant suburb of Mumbai, came to light on Monday when his highly decomposed body, believed to be buried under the tiles at his home about two weeks back, was exhumed.
After registering an FIR against two persons under sections 103 (murder), 238 (destruction of evidence) and 3(5) (common intention) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, police launched a search and traced Chouhan's wife Chaman Devi (28), and her paramour Monu Sharma (20), both accused in the case, to Hadapsar in Pune city, around 270km from Palghar, they said.
An official from the Pelhar police station, under whose jurisdiction the crime took place, said the duo was nabbed in the evening and being brought to Palghar.
ACP Bajrang Desai of the Mira-Bhayandar, Vasai-Virar (MBVV) police confirmed the arrest of Chaman Devi and Sharma for the murder.
However, how and why Chouhan was killed by the duo was still not known, according to police.
Talking to reporters on Monday, Pelhar police station's senior inspector Jitendra Vankoti said two brothers of Chouhan wanted to meet him on July 10 as they needed money to purchase a new house.
"They called him (Chouhan), but his phone was coming switched off. Hence, they came down to his house and enquired with his wife, who told them her husband had gone out for some work. They called her on July 19 to find out if Chouhan has returned home, but her phone was coming switched off," he said.
The brothers of Chouhan came to check again and found he was not at home and his wife was also missing, said the inspector.
"When they inspected the house, they found new tiles on the floor. Suspecting something fishy, they removed the tiles only to find a foul smell emanating from the floor," he said.
On being alerted, a police team arrived in the house and exhumed the body in the presence of doctors, forensic experts and local tehsildar, according to Vankoti.
Meanwhile, neighbours informed Chouhan's brothers that he had not been seen from July 10 and his wife was also missing since July 19, said police.
The police suspected Chouhan's wife killed him with the help of her paramour and fled.
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Man kills 12-year-old nephew over property dispute in Karnataka’s Sindhanur
Sindhanur: A 12-year-old boy was killed and his mother seriously injured after a man allegedly attacked his elder brother’s family with a knife over a property dispute in Alabanur village of Sindhanur taluk on Wednesday morning.
The deceased has been identified as Nagaraj Siddappa Alvi (12). Amrutha Siddappa (42) sustained serious injuries in the attack. Police said the accused is Basavaraj Rudrappa Alvi, the younger brother of the victim boy’s father.
According to preliminary information, Basavaraj had arrived in Alabanur village on Tuesday and was staying at his mother’s house.
On Wednesday morning, he allegedly went to the house of his brother Siddappa carrying a knife. At the time, Siddappa’s wife Amrutha and children Nagaraj and Dhanush were present in the house.
Police said the accused allegedly attacked them with the knife. Nagaraj died in the incident, while Amrutha and Dhanush suffered serious injuries.
The injured were shifted to the government hospital in the city for treatment.
Deputy Superintendent of Police G. Chandrashekhar visited the spot and gathered information.
Sources said Chinnamma Rudrappa of Alabanur village has two sons Siddappa, who lives in Alabanur, and Basavaraj, who resides in Alliganur village of Siruguppa taluk.
Police suspect the long-standing property dispute between the two brothers led to the fatal attack.
