Saraswati murder is more terrible than Shraddha, Mumbai man murders live in partner chops up body, lives with parts in home.
Two days after the Charni Road Hostel massacre, another incident has shaken Mumbai. In Mira Road here, a case similar to Delhi’s Shraddha Walker’s murder has come to light, in which a 36-year-old woman was allegedly murdered by her live-in partner, who then cut her body into ‘several pieces’. The accused boiled the body parts of his live-in-partner (live I relationship) in a pressure cooker and hid them easily. At present, the police have seized some pieces of the dead body and arrested the accused.
Manoj Sane and the 32-year-old woman had been living on the seventh floor of Akashganga building in Mira Road for the past three years.
The man was caught after a neighbour noticed a foul smell wafting from the couple’s flat and alerted the authorities.
The neighbour, Somesh Srivastava, told NDTV that he first went to their home to check the odour.
“No one opened the door at the first knock. I heard a sound of spray after which Manoj Sane came out,” he said.
“Manoj Sane told me he was going out for some work. I then alerted the building administration and we immediately informed the police,” he said.
Mr Srivastava said when the police broke into their flat they found two cutters, including an electric one.
Police also found three buckets in the kitchen in which Manoj had allegedly dumped the woman’s body parts, he said.
Residents of the Akash Deep building told the police that Manoj Sahni was seen feeding stray dogs for the past two to three days – something he had never done before. Police suspect that he may have fed parts of his living partner’s body to stray animals, the report said. Police officials are trying to ascertain whether the accused threw the body parts of the woman into the drain. The couple’s flat had no nameplate on its door and was registered in the name of Sonam Builders, says the HT report.
They have seized the two cutters and other evidence from the couple’s home for forensic examination.
Officials said some body parts were found to be missing and that they suspect the man may have dumped them gradually in different areas of the city.
Sources say the odour at the flat was so strong that cops found it difficult to carry out the search.
Mr Srivastava and couple’s another neighbour said the couple did not mingle with the other residents.
