Pieces of woman's body found in her Mumbai house; daughter held for murder

MUMBAI: After the discovery of body parts of a 55-year-old woman in the cupboard and water tank of her house in Mumbai, police apprehended her 23-year-old daughter for the murder.
While some parts of the highly-decomposed body were found wrapped in a plastic bag kept inside the cupboard of her tenement in Lalbaug area, other parts were found dumped in a water tank, police said.
A police officer said the daughter of the woman was found sitting inside the room when they knocked on her door on Tuesday night.
The officer said a relative of the woman had gone to the house of the deceased but found the door locked from the inside. The relative grew suspicious due to the foul smell and informed the police.
Police are awaiting a post-mortem report and investigating the crime, the officer said, adding a case of murder was registered.
(With inputs from PTI)