New Delhi: In a chilling resemblance to the Shraddha Walkar murder case, Delhi Police on Monday arrested a woman and her son allegedly for killing her husband and chopping him into pieces and then storing the bits in a refrigerator.
As per information shared by the police, the accused have been identified as Poonam and Deepak, while the deceased is suspected to be the woman’s husband, Anjan Das.
#WATCH | Delhi: Spl CP Crime Ravindra Yadav gives details of Trilokpuri murder, where one Anjan Das was killed&chopped off by his wife Poonam&stepson Deepak
Says,”He used to snatch their money&had ill intentions towards his stepdaughter&stepson’s wife. 6 body parts found so far” pic.twitter.com/sA9TGZXmM7
— ANI (@ANI) November 28, 2022
Addressing the media, Amit Goel, DCP Crime, Delhi Police said that the body was identified following a door-to-door verification and analysis of CCTV footage. “On June 5 some body parts were recovered in Ramlila maidan, East district. Then for the next 3 days, two legs, two thighs, a skull, and a forearm were recovered, and then the case was filed,” the official said.
“It was found that the suspected deceased was missing for the last 5-6 months and there was no missing complaint filed by the family members. Lady Poonam and son Deepak were seen in the CCTV footage, they were questioned and they confessed that they murdered him,” Goel added.
Delhi | Efforts were made to identify the body. It seemed like a gruesome murder. Footages were analysed, door-to-door verification was done & body was identified. It was found that the deceased is suspected Anjan Das: Amit Goel, DCP Crime, Delhi Police pic.twitter.com/rdmKtvldpo
— ANI (@ANI) November 28, 2022
CCTV footage shared by news agency ANI from June this year shows the accused walking towards a ground with a bag that is alleged to have contained the body parts of the deceased.
A woman along with her son arrested by Crime Branch in Delhi’s Pandav Nagar for murdering her husband. They chopped off body in several pieces,kept in refrigerator & used to dispose of pieces in nearby ground: Delhi Police Crime Branch
(CCTV visuals confirmed by police) pic.twitter.com/QD3o5RwF8X
— ANI (@ANI) November 28, 2022
The case follows in the wake of the sensational murder case in which accused Aaftab Poonawala allegedly killed his live-in girlfriend Shradda Walkar in May this year and chopped her body into 35 parts. HE stored the chopped parts in a refrigerator and gradually disposed them off in the forested areas of South Delhi and Gurgaon.
The accused is currently in Delhi Police custody and is undergoing a polygraph test today.
Further details awaited.