A day after the Delhi Police recovered the decomposing physique of a 35-year-old lady from a field mattress at a flat in Shahdara, officers on Saturday mentioned they’ve arrested two individuals in reference to the case.
The home from the place the physique was recovered. (HT Picture)
Police recognized the arrested accused as tuition trainer Vivekanand Mishra, 64, who owned the flat, and Abhay Kumar Jha, 29. They mentioned preliminary investigations recommend the lady, recognized as Ludhiana resident Anjali Kumar, was killed on March 23.
Anjali’s husband Ashish Kumar can be a suspect, and is at present absconding. In accordance with investigators, Jha is a resident of Supaul district in Bihar, and Mishra and Ashish are initially from the identical district. All three knew one another for a few years, mentioned police.
Nevertheless, police admitted, they’ve nonetheless not learnt the motive for the homicide.
Giving particulars of the case, officers mentioned on Friday night, the police management room obtained a name from residents of DDA Flats at Satyam Enclave a couple of foul scent coming from an condominium.
“We sent a team and found that the house was locked from outside and some blood was found coming out from the back door. When we opened the door and entered a room, a decomposed body of a lady was found kept in a bag which was wrapped in a blanket and kept in a bed box,” extra deputy commissioner of police (Shahdara) Neha Yadav mentioned.
Police mentioned the accused allegedly strangled the lady to loss of life, put her physique in a bag, wrapped it in a blanket and positioned it contained in the mattress. The bag was coated with different garments, and incense sticks had been discovered contained in the room, ostensibly to masks the scent of the decomposing physique. Investigators, quoting neighbours, mentioned Mishra had additionally purchased a number of phenyl bottles and was performing “suspicious” for days.
Through the investigation, a police officer mentioned, it was found that Anjali used to reside together with her dad and mom in Ludhiana, whereas Ashish lived with Mishra in Delhi. Round final week, he mentioned, Jha travelled to Ludhiana, after which he, together with the Kumars, travelled to Delhi to Mishra’s condominium.
“We don’t know what happened but a fight broke out between the woman and her husband. She was killed on March 23. After the crime, Ashish and Jha both left the city on March 24-25, but for some reason, Jha returned,” the officer mentioned, on situation of anonymity.
DCP (Shahdara) Prashant Gautam mentioned after Anjali’s physique was found on Friday, Mishra was swiftly tracked down and was apprehended from Surajmal Park in Anand Vihar) within the night, following which he informed police he dedicated the crime with Ashish and Jha.
“He also identified the deceased as Ashish’s wife. We found that Jha had returned to Delhi on a flight to help Mishra dispose of the body. When he learned about Mishra’s arrest, he tried to flee to Bihar. Our team worked with the railway police and nabbed him from the Aligarh railway station,” the DCP mentioned.
Gautam mentioned it was a deliberate homicide. “Mishra’s phone revealed that he was searching for methods to dispose of a body using chemicals. He was also searching for open manholes and open drains near his residence over the last few days,” he mentioned.
The officer quoted above mentioned they’re but to be taught what the motive was for the homicide.
“Everyone is giving a different story to us. We are trying to corroborate versions to see what happened. It looks like Mishra and Ashish were friends and lived together for a while. It is suspected that Ashish cheated on Anjali, and she caught him. Ashish is still on the run so the motive is not confirmed,” he mentioned.