Woman lives with chopped body parts of mother for two months after killing her, held
The remains were sent to the KEM hospital for post mortem and subsequently Rimple was questioned during which she reportedly told the police that Jain had fallen off the first floor on December 27, 2022.
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Veena Prakash Jain and daughter Rimple A 24-year-old woman was arrested by the Mumbai Police on Wednesday for allegedly killing her mother and cutting her into pieces at their house at Lalbaug. The police said the daughter, Rimple Jain, stayed with her mother’s remains at the house for over two months till the incident came to light on Tuesday.
The police identified the deceased as Veena Prakash Jain (55). She used to stay with her husband and Rimple at Virar. After her husband passed away 16 years ago, she shifted to Ibrahim Kasar Chawl in Lalbaug. Jain had two brothers and five sisters.
On Tuesday evening, the police said, one of Veena’s nieces went to the Lalbaug house to give her money for monthly expenses. “When Rimple did not open the door, the niece inquired about them from the neighbours…. she was told that Veena has not been seen for over two months,” said Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone IV) Pravin Munde.
He added, “The niece informed her mother and an aunt, who went to the Lalbaug house. As they kept on knocking on the door, Rimple opened the door after sometime but closed it soon after.”
Following this, some of Veena’s relatives forced themselves inside the house.
“Rimple allegedly told them that Veena was in Kanpur. The relatives took Rimple to Kalachowkie police station, where a missing person’s complaint was filed on the basis of a complaint by Veena’s elder brother Sureshkumar Porwal,” said an officer.
A police team then visited the Lalbaug house. “We searched the house and found Veena’s remains. Rimple had cut her hands and legs, which were kept in a water tank. Her torso and the head were wrapped in a plastic bag and kept inside the cupboard,” the officer said.
The remains were sent to KEM hospital for postmortem and subsequently, Rimple was questioned. She allegedly told the police that Veena had fallen off the first floor on December 27, 2022.
“Two persons working at a Chinese eatery located below their house had helped Veena and took her back to her house,” the officer said. Veena had sustained injuries on her head and other body parts than was not taken to a doctor, the police said, adding that she may have succumbed to her injuries.
“We are unsure how Veena Jain was killed,” Munde said, adding that there used to be verbal altercations between the mother and daughter.
Another officer said, “Rimple was scared that everyone would blame her for Veena’s death and decided to cut her body into pieces and dispose the same. She used an electric marble cutter, sickle and a knife. However, she could not dispose the body parts and kept the remains in a cupboard and water tank.”
Booked on charges of murder and destruction of evidence, Rimple will be produced before court on Thursday.
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