New Delhi:
A person murdered his spouse and hid her physique in a mattress of their house 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 just a few days later, aiming to homicide a pal 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 stated 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 bike rider for fashionable bike taxi apps. Dhanraj was an alcoholic and spent all his cash on his habit and Deepika ran the family together 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 method again to Delhi on Monday.
Throughout interrogation, Dhanraj stated he meant to go away Deepika’s physique within the mattress after which chop it up just a few days later so he may scatter the items in a abandoned place and keep away from suspicion. He stated he had additionally seemed up methods of chopping up an individual’s physique on YouTube.
Officers stated Dhanraj additionally confessed that he was returning to Delhi on Monday to kill a pal of his spouse that he didn’t like, however he was arrested earlier than he may perform the homicide.
Police stated although his cellphone was off, a UPI cost created from one among his accounts gave Dhanraj’s location away and enabled them to hint him. He had no legal historical past. Three telephones, together with Deepika’s, have been recovered from him.