New Delhi:
A person murdered his spouse and hid her physique in a mattress of their dwelling 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 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 in style 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.
Throughout interrogation, Dhanraj stated he meant 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 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 might perform the homicide.
Police stated regardless that his cellphone was off, a UPI cost constructed from one in every of 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, had been recovered from him.
