Married man kills lover, burns her body

June 21, 2012

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New Delhi, June 21: A 30-year-old married businessman, who wanted to get rid of his girlfriend, allegedly strangled her, stuffed her body in a suitcase and took it to Haryana where he burnt it, police said. However, his return to his flat to wipe out evidence proved to be his undoing.


A neighbour had spotted him when he was leaving to dump the body and informed the police. They were waiting for him. The incident took place on Tuesday in Rohini area of northwest Delhi.


The businessman, identified as Umakant Pandit alias Anil, dealt in garments and was smitten with the woman, identified as Rachna (24), who too was married.


The police are also looking for a man, identified as Sumit, who allegedly helped the accused in the murder and disposal of the body.


They have reportedly recovered half of Rachna's burnt body from the spot and are trying to find out if the accused cut the body into parts before burning it.


Pandit allegedly told the cops that he had got into a relationship with Rachna, who was his employee at his garment factory about a year ago. "He had been living with her for the past seven months at a flat in Rohini.


Lately, he says, she had become a problem for him as she had started to 'expect' too much and therefore he hatched a plan to eliminate her," said a senior police officer. "On Monday, he bought a red suitcase and consumed liquor at night.


In the morning, around 9:30am, he strangled Rachna. We suspect he cut the body into two parts to stuff it into the suitcase. During the day, he didn't get a chance to dispose of the body and it was only around 11pm that he and his friend left the Rohini flat.


They took the body to a desolate spot near Rasoi village, on the Panipat highway, and poured five litres of petrol on the suitcase before setting it on fire.


Pandit later dropped Sumit at Ashok Vihar around 2.30am, parked his car in Rithala and went home," the officer added.


The police said they had received a call from a neighbour at 11.20pm that there may be a body in a red Alto. "We rushed to the spot but the two had left.


Pandit and Sumit had been seen dragging a red coloured bag on the staircase. The eyewitness said he had seen blood dripping from the bag.


They were apparently wearing gloves. During inspection of the suspected scene of crime, bloodstains were detected on the floor of the flat and there was a foul smell inside the room," said Tajinder Luthra, Joint CP, Northern Range.


The eyewitness got suspicious because of a foul smell.


When he noticed bloodstains on the stairs, he dialled 100 even as they were heading for their car.


He gave the registration number of the car to the cops who obtained the address of the owner and raided a house in Sultanpuri. It turned out that Pandit had sold off the house.


Addl DCP P Karunakaran said, "A team of officers, led by SHO South Rohini, Jai Prakash, was deployed in the area in outer Delhi to nab the accused.


One team was stationed around Kumar's original house where his wife and children lived and another around the scene of crime." Pandit returned to wipe out evidence, including bloodstains and photographs inside the house, and walked straight into the arms of the police.



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