Mira Road killing: Police recover three buckets of chopped body parts from suspect’s flat

Police, who are yet to ascertain Sane’s motive, said that he had used an electric cutter to cut the body into pieces in the washroom. They have recovered the cutter.

On Wednesday evening, when police broke open flat 704 in J-wing in the Geeta Aakashdeep Cooperative Housing Society, Geeta Nagar, Phase-7, they could find only Vaidya’s feet and some other body parts.

Police managed to recover the other body parts after they arrested Sane. His neighbours said they had recently seen Sane feeding stray dogs, something that they said he never used to do before. They also claimed to have heard the sound of a spray from the flat. Police are still verifying the claims.

Police said Vaidya met Sane for the first time in 2014 at his ration shop. The couple came to stay at the flat three years ago and would not speak to neighbours, sources said. There was no number plate on their door and a police officer said not much furniture could be found in the house. Earlier they stayed in Borivali.

Sane does not have a family, but his cousins stay in Borivali, the sources said. His ration shop has been shut since May 29.

Sane was arrested under sections 302 (murder) and 201 (destruction of evidence) of the Indian Penal Code. Police will seek his 14-day custody from a Thane court.

Police said that Sane had admitted that there used to be instances of domestic violence between them. Their financial situation was not good, the sources said, adding that this was one of the reasons why they frequently fought with each other.