Hyderabad Crime: An ex-serviceman allegedly murdered his spouse, dismembered her physique, crushed her bones into powder and flushed down the stays in a rest room, all throughout a day-long ‘operation’, police stated on Tuesday after arresting the accused. Giving the chilling particulars of the crime, police described the act as “rarest of uncommon” and of “barbaric nature”.
Rachakonda Commissioner Sudheer Babu stated P Gurumurthy (39) was arrested after he gave a “confessional” assertion that he killed his spouse after which reduce her physique into small elements, boiled them and later burnt them earlier than crushing the bones into powder.
The accused left his two kids at a relative’s home with an intention to homicide his spouse Madhavi (35). On January 16, he had an argument together with her and later smashed her head towards the wall because of which she fell down, Babu advised reporters right here. The accused later strangulated the hapless sufferer to dying.
Searching for to cowl up the homicide, he reduce his spouse’s physique into small elements, which he positioned in a bucket. He then heated the water utilizing a water heater, boiled the elements, and later burnt them on the only burner gasoline range, the police official stated.
After that, the accused crushed the bones with a stone curler into powder. The bone powder and small items of flesh had been disposed of in the bathroom, flushed with water a number of occasions.
The leftover small bones (remnants) had been stored within the family trash bin, meaning to be disposed of later. To minimise the foul scent whereas burning, he stored the doorways and kitchen home windows open.
He carried out the grisly act of disposing of the physique from 10 AM to round 6 PM on January 16. Later, he cleaned up the toilet through the use of detergent and phenyl to take away any traces of proof.
“I’m not capable of perceive how an individual can behave like this. It’s final stature of barbaric nature. Completely, rarest of uncommon methods of killing an individual,” the Commissioner advised reporters.
Gurumuthy is a local of Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh and was employed as a safety guard with a defence institution right here.
He had even accompanied his in-laws after they lodged a criticism with the Meerpet police on January 18. Police had registered a ‘lady lacking’ FIR then.
Later, throughout police interrogation, Gurumurthy advised them he had killed his spouse and dismembered her physique, following which the investigation was expedited.
The accused had additionally dumped some remnants of the physique elements at a close-by lake, the police official stated.
The accused had additionally introduced his kids residence and advised them that their mom had gone someplace after they requested about her whereabouts.
The accused additionally tried to mislead the police and didn’t present any regret, the official stated.
Police, who stated the homicide was deliberate, stated the accused additionally confessed his crime to a relative.
Scientific proof was collected within the homicide which might be submitted to courtroom, the highest official stated.
The police commissioner stated the probe can be accomplished quickly and a chargesheet can be filed.
Based mostly on the confession of the accused, the case has been altered from a lady lacking to a homicide on January 28 and his arrest was made, a police launch stated.
Police started an investigation into the case after the mom of the deceased lady lodged a criticism on January 18 that her daughter was lacking.
The complainant had said that her daughter Madhavi had left the home after a quarrel together with her husband on January 16.
Throughout investigation, police, who verified CCTV footage of the home, discovered that Gurumurthy and Madhavi went inside the home on January 15 evening. As per the footage, there was no proof of Madhavi going out, they stated.