Woman kills husband in Mumbai’s Nalasopara, buries body 4 feet under house: police

The deceased was identified as Vijay Chauhan, 35, who lived in the Gangdipada area of Nalasopara (East) along with wife Chaman alias Gudiya Devi and their seven-year-old son.

According to the police, Chauhan and his brother Akhilesh had bought a new house. Akhilesh has been trying to contact Chauhan since the past few days as he needed money for the payment of the new house. But, whenever Akhilesh would call on Chauhan’s phone, his wife was answering the calls.

On Monday Akhilesh visited Chauhan’s house and found it to be locked with some foul smell coming out.

He informed the police, who broke open the house, but found no traces of Chauhan.

However, Akhilesh observed that three tiles on the floor were different from rest.

They also observed a pile of soil near the house. Akhilesh became suspicious and requested the police to dig up the floor, said a police source.

When the floor was dug up nearly four feet, the police found the remains of a human body. From the clothes, Akhilesh identified that it was of Chauhan’s. The forensic team present at the spot during digging up collected samples and the body was sent for the autopsy, the source added.

Preliminary police inquiry revealed that Chaman was allegedly having an affair with one Monu Vishwakarma (33) and allegedly fled with him after killing Chauhan. They are suspected to have buried Chauhan’s body after digging a pit in the house, a police officer said.

Police suspect that the murder took place around 10 days ago when Chaman had called a worker for the tiling work.

She was spotted with her son around two days ago, said another officer.

The Pelhar police are in process of filing a murder case.

The team of senior police inspector spector Jitendra Vankoti of Pelhar police station are looking for the woman and her friend.