Cops arrest man who chopped off wife’s body over illicit relation

ALWAR: Police on Monday claimed to have solved the murder of a woman whose body was chopped off into several pieces and dumped in various places. Police recovered severed parts of the woman on August 14.
Police said the woman was murdered by her husband on suspicion that she was having an illicit affair. Her husband Amit Gupta (32) has been arrested.
The woman, identified as 30-year-old Komal Gupta, got married to Amit Gupta a year ago. It was Amit’s second marriage.
The accused was currently out on bail in a case of murdering a another woman after raping her in 2013.
Police said Komal and Amit worked in a factory in Bhiwadi and lived in a rented house in Santhalka. Komal was a resident of Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh and Amit hailed from Bharatpur.
After marriage, Amit opened an e-Mitra shop in Bharatpur. But, due to Covid-19, his shop remained shut and he shifted to Bhiwadi in April. Police said after shitfing to Bhiwadi, Amit came to know that Komal frequently talked to the nephew of his ex-husband over phone. Suspecting that she had illicit relations, Amit fought over it with his wife frequently. On August 11, Komal forced her husband out of her room.
Police said Amit then planned to murder his wife. On august 12, he gave her opium and after she became unconscious, he tied her hands and legs and choked her to death. He cut her body into pieces with a knife and dumped it in abandoned areas of Bhiwadi.
Bhiwadi SP Ram Murti Joshi said it was difficult to identify the body as parts were thrown at different locations. However, police continued its investigation and achieved a breakthrew when the body was identified.
Police then conducted a door-to-door survey in the areas and collected records of people living on rent. Cops also collected information about people who left the place and shifted to other locations after losing their jobs. While carrying out a survery, police came to know that a Komal and Amit had been missing from their rented accommodation in Santhalka village. Finally, police reached the place where he was hiding and arrested him.