BAREILLY: In a striking similarity with Meerut’s “blue drum” murder, another such case with the same degree of betrayal, animosity, brutality and identical execution of tasks while dismembering the body has come to the fore — this time in Sambhal.Police in Sambhal said they have cracked a case in Chandausi where a 32-year-old shoe trader was allegedly murdered by his wife and her lover, who then chopped the body into several pieces and dumped those at multiple locations.Rahul Kumar’s head was severed from the body, both hands and legs cut off before they were scattered around after he caught his wife Ruby and her lover Gaurav Kumar, a neighbour, in a compromising position in his house on the night of Nov 17. The accused were arrested on Monday.The spine-chilling crime brought back memories of the “blue drum murder” in which a woman called Muskan and her lover Sahil stabbed ex-merchant navy officer Saurabh Rajput to death in Meerut on March 4. They then bought two knives to cut the body into pieces and put the remains inside a drum, sealing it with cement. They later went on holiday to the hills.Sambhal SP Krishan Kant Bishnoi said, “On Nov 18, Ruby (30), a housewife, filed a missing complaint at Chandausi police station, citing that her husband, 32, had gone missing. On Dec 15, we found a torso. The hands and legs were missing. Later, we found a polythene packet containing a human head in a drain. While examining the body parts, we saw the name ‘Rahul’ inked on the chest.”Bishnoi added: “Police stations across several districts were requested for information on Ruby’s complaint. Eventually, we called her for identification of the body parts, but she refused and disappeared, raising suspicion. Called for questioning, she confessed.”In her confession, Ruby said: “On the night Rahul caught me and Gaurav in a compromising position, he started assaulting us in a fit of rage. He threatened that he would defame me and throw me out of the house. At that moment, I told Gaurav to finish him off, and he struck Rahul on the head with an iron rod, while I hit him with a metal shoe-hammer, killing him on the spot.”Ruby further said, “On Nov 18, we brought a grinder tool and cut his body into parts and put these in bags. On the same day, we hired a vehicle and dumped one bag containing the severed head and legs, along with Rahul’s mobile phone, into the Ganga at Rajghat.”“Later that night, we threw the other bag in a drain near the idgah on Patraua Road, and burnt Rahul’s lower garment, and the blood-stained clothes of Gaurav and mine. We then hid the grinder tool in the nearby bushes.”Bishnoi said, “The couple had been married for 12 years and have an 11-year-old son, who told cops that their parents used to fight over a man who frequently visited their house.”An FIR has been lodged under BNS section 103 (murder), 238 (causing disappearance of evidence, or giving false information), and 61(Criminal Conspiracy).
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