Police mentioned they’ve recovered the electrical noticed used to dismember the physique (Representational)
Balrampur:
A person was held in UP’s Balrampur on Wednesday for allegedly beheading his spouse, and dismembering her physique with a cleaver and an electrical noticed, which he dumped elsewhere to evade arrest, police mentioned.
The top was allegedly thrown into Saryu river, whereas different physique components had been thrown into the bushes in Ajab Nagar village, police mentioned because it introduced the arrest of Shankar Dayal Gupta.
Shankar Gupta allegedly murdered her spouse Neetu Pandey after an argument over some monetary matter on July 30, they mentioned, including that it was a blind case and so they needed to study round 500 lacking individuals’ instances from close by districts and over 200 CCTV footage to get to the offender.
Police mentioned they’ve additionally recovered the cleaver and electrical noticed used to dismember the physique.
“Shankar Dayal Gupta (45), a resident of Rani Bazaar, regularly quarrelled together with his spouse, Gudia Pandey, also called Neetu Pandey (41), over monetary issues. On July 30, a dispute over cash led Gupta to homicide Neetu with a cleaver on August 1. Gupta then threw Neetu’s severed head and fingers into the Saryu river in Ayodhya on August 3,” Superintendent of Police Vikas Kumar mentioned on Wednesday.
To dismember the remaining physique components, Shankar Gupta allegedly purchased a metallic noticed and an electrical noticed from the market, the SP mentioned.
“He then minimize the physique into a number of items, positioned them in two baggage, and disposed them in bushes close to Ajab Nagar village on August 6 earlier than returning to Gonda. The following day, he threw the remaining physique components into the Saryu river from the brand new bridge in Ayodhya,” Mr Kumar added.
He mentioned the police investigated round 500 lacking individuals instances throughout 15 districts and examined CCTV footage from roughly 300 cameras because it launched a probe into the blind homicide case. Footage from a CCTV digital camera on the Agrahwa intersection confirmed a suspicious individual carrying a white bag on a motorbike on August 6. The motorbike’s quantity was traced to Gupta, he mentioned.
When the police checked, Gupta’s home was discovered locked and neighbours mentioned a foul odor coming from inside, in line with the SP.
“Utilizing cell surveillance, the police traced Shankar Dayal Gupta in Lucknow. The cleaver used within the homicide, the digital slicing machine, Neetu’s cell phone, the metallic noticed have been recovered, and the motorbike used to move the physique components has been impounded,” he mentioned.
Mr Kumar mentioned to cover his crime, the accused allegedly watched Bollywood films on his cellphone and minimize Neetu’s physique into many items and threw them at completely different locations.
He mentioned additional authorized proceedings within the case are underway and the matter can be despatched to quick observe courtroom.
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