A man killed his wife and apparently chopped her body into 17 pieces, as per police sources. The incident has been reported from Bhiwani city, Maharashtra. The incident came to light after the woman's severed head was found in a slaughterhouse area.
The immediate motive behind the murder could not be immediately ascertained as the accused, Taha, is continuously changing his statement, the sources added.
The head of the victim, believed to be between 25 and 28 years old, was found near the Idgah Road slum and slaughterhouse on August 30.
During the investigation, Taha told police that he had dumped his wife, Parveen alias Muskan Mohammad Taha Ansari's, body parts across the city.
He, reportedly, claimed to have chopped his wife's body into 17 pieces. Efforts are now underway to locate the remaining parts, with drones and fire brigades deployed to assist in the search.
The case came to the attention of the authorities when Muskan's mother, Hanifa Khan, filed a missing person report. According to Ashok Ratanparkhi, a senior inspector at the Bhoiwada Police Station, Hanifa claimed her daughter's phone had been switched off for two days and that calls to her son-in-law had gone unanswered. A photo of a severed head was shown to Hanifa, who then identified it as her daughter's.
Police are still working to determine the motive for the crime and the exact location of the murder. They are also searching for the weapon used. Two Special Investigation Teams (SITs) have been formed under the leadership of a Deputy Commissioner of Police and an Assistant Commissioner of Police to investigate the case. Meanwhile, the severed head has been sent to the Indira Gandhi Sub-District Hospital.
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