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 killed in flat ceiling plaster crash, wife and son hurt
Thane (PTI): A 45-year-old man was killed, and his wife and son were injured when a portion of plaster from the ceiling collapsed in their flat in a seven-storey building in Thane on Saturday, officials said.
Chief of the Regional Disaster Management Cell, Yasin Tadvi, said the 16-year-old building is not listed in the "dangerous" category.
"The incident occurred in Karumdev Society at about 3 am. The plaster of the hall in a flat on the terrace floor suddenly fell while the occupants were asleep", he said.
Of the four people who were inside the room, two suffered minor injuries and were discharged after primary treatment, Tadvi stated.
The injured persons were identified as Arpita More (42), who suffered minor head injuries, and her son Arush More (16), who sustained injuries to both legs.
Manoj More (45), who sustained chest injuries, died during treatment at a private hospital.
