Horror and outrage gripped Telangana as a man was caught trying to dispose chopped up body parts of his wife in the city’s suburbs. He had already thrown the head, arms and legs in the Musi river when he was caught. The woman’s torso was still in his house, the police said. She was 21 years old and five months’ pregnant.
The murder took place in Balaji Hills, a suburb of Hyderabad’s Medipalli.
Swathi and Mahender, who are from Kamareddyguda in Vikarabad district, had got married after falling in love and shifted to Balaji Hills.
The police said on Saturday, around 4.30 pm, Mahender, who works as a driver with a ride hailing company, had killed Swathi. The police said he then chopped up the body and disposed of some of the parts.
Later, he called his sister and said his wife has gone missing. The sister got suspicious and informed a relative, who took him to a police station. There, he again tried again to claim that his wife was missing, but during questioning he confessed of killing his wife, said DCP (Malkajgiri Zone) P V Padmaja.
Mahender has now been arrested and taken into custody. He is being questioned by the police. The police said he had already disposed of her head, hands, and legs in the Musi River, but divers have been unable to locate the body parts. The woman’s trunk was found concealed in his house.
“We have collected forensic evidence. Only the lady’s torso was found. We will conduct a DNA test to identify the deceased,” said the officer. “We have registered a case under the BNS sections. Fast-track investigation and trial will ensue,” she added.
The woman’s father said he and his son-in-law had some differences, after which they had stopped talking to each other. “My daughter would say they were doing fine but he tortured her all the time. He should suffer the same way he made my daughter suffer,” he said.
