New Delhi:
A person murdered his spouse and hid her physique in a mattress of their residence in Delhi with the intention of chopping it up, however his starvation for killing didn’t cease there. Having fled to Amritsar, he set out for Delhi a number of days later, aiming to homicide a buddy of his spouse that he suspected her of getting an affair with.
He was arrested on the best way again from Amritsar and is now in police custody.
Deputy Commissioner of Police Ankit Chauhan mentioned the physique of 26-year-old Deepika Chauhan was recovered from inside a field mattress in southwest Delhi’s Janakpuri on Friday. The mouth of the physique was wrapped with white tape to delay its decomposition. Investigation revealed that Deepika, who used to work in a spa, was married to Dhanraj, a motorbike rider for standard bike taxi apps. Dhanraj was an alcoholic and spent all his cash on his dependancy and Deepika ran the family along with her cash.
The police’s probe revealed that Deepika had been killed on December 29 and Dhanraj was on the run. They traced his location to Amritsar and arrested him when he was on his means again to Delhi on Monday.
During interrogation, Dhanraj mentioned he supposed to depart Deepika’s physique within the mattress after which chop it up a number of days later so he might scatter the items in a abandoned place and keep away from suspicion. He mentioned he had additionally appeared up methods of chopping up an individual’s physique on YouTube.
Officials mentioned Dhanraj additionally confessed that he was returning to Delhi on Monday to kill a buddy of his spouse that he didn’t like, however he was arrested earlier than he might perform the homicide.
Police mentioned though his cellphone was off, a UPI cost produced from one in all his accounts gave Dhanraj’s location away and enabled them to hint him. He had no felony historical past. Three telephones, together with Deepika’s, have been recovered from him.