Pune Police Arrest Couple for Heinous Murder and Dismemberment of Woman

Pune police have arrested a man and his wife for the murder and dismemberment of his sister. The woman's decapitated body was found in the Mutha river. Dispute over room ownership led to the crime, solved after extensive investigations involving missing complaints and CCTV footage.

The Crime Branch unit of Pune city police has arrested a 51-year-old man and his wife for allegedly killing and mutilating the body of his sister, disposing it in a river. According to Joint Commissioner of Pune Police Ranjan Kumar Sharma, they solved the gruesome murder case of a woman whose decapitated body was found in the Mutha riverbed in Kharadi last week.

The victim, identified as 48-year-old Sakina Khan, was killed over a dispute regarding room ownership with her brother in the Shivaji Nagar area of Pune city. Joint Commissioner of Police Ranjan Kumar Sharma revealed that police recovered Sakina's torso from the Mutha riverbed on Monday. The limbless, headless body was found unclothed, and the accused had dismembered it to destroy evidence before disposing of it in the river. Sakina was strangulated before being cut into pieces.

Investigations led to the detention of Sakina's brother, Ashfaq Khan, and his wife Hamida Khan. Interrogation revealed that repeated disputes over room ownership led to Sakina's strangulation. To destroy evidence, the duo decapitated and dismembered her body. A Pune Police official also informed that to investigate the case, Pune city police reviewed at least 200 missing complaints and checked several CCTV footages. Drone surveillance was also deployed along the Mutha riverbanks to search for other body parts. Upon interrogation, both accused confessed to the crime.

Chandannagar police had initially filed a case under Sections 103 (murder) and 238 (causing disappearance of evidence) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). The accused are currently in police custody, and further investigation is underway. (ANI)

(With inputs from agencies.)