Dynamite News Delhi: Woman's burnt body found in suitcase, police finds 'illicit Affair' with cousin
According to the police, the victim had been pressuring her cousin Amit to leave his family and live with her permanently. The victims had also allegedly threatened to falsely implicate him and his family if he did not do so. Read further on Dynamite News:
New Delhi: The charred body of a 25-year-old woman was found stuffed in a suitcase in Delhi's Ghazipur area, police said on Monday.
According to Dynamite News correspondet, the woman's cousin and his accomplice were arrested for allegedly killing her.
Identity of accused persons
The accused have been identified as Amit Tiwari, 22, a taxi driver, and his cousin Anuj Kumar (20), a welder, both are the residents of Khora Colony in Ghaziabad, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) (East) Abhishek Dhania said.
The charred body was foud near Shivaji Road on Sunday.
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The body was burnt beyond recognition. However, police managed to identify its gender due to the long hair that was still intact.
Case lodged
Police registered a case under relevent sections of the law and formed several teams to find the culprit.
Police scans CCTVs
"We scannined CCTV footage of the area where the suitcase was found. We zeroed in on a vehicle that appeared suspicious and crossed the area hours before the body was found," Abhishek Dhania, Deputy Commissioner of Police for East Delhi, told reporters.
The car led our team to a man living in Loni area who said he’d sold his car to Amit, he addeed.
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Later, the police took Amith and his accomplice in custody. He allegedly confessed to the killing of Shilpa Pandey, 23,. who was his paternal cousin.
'Illicit Affair'
According to the police, Shilpa had been pressuring Amit to leave his family and live with her permanently. The victims had also allegedly threatened to falsely implicate him and his family if he did not do so.
On Saturady, Amit quarell broke out between Shilpa and him. In a fit of rage, he allegedly choked her to death, police said. Later, he packed her body in a suitcase and called his friend Anuj to help him in dumping the body. (With Agency Inputs)