A man allegedly murdered his wife, dismembered her body and dispersed the parts in a lake in Hyderabad, Telangana. The crime came to light after the woman’s parents filed a missing person report, said the police.
According to the police, the parents of the victim, 35-year-old Venkat Madhavi, suspecting foul play, filed a missing person complaint on January 18 at the Meerpet Police Station.
Her husband, Gurumurthy, who was arrested, reportedly feigned ignorance and accompanied his in-laws to the police station.
While looking into the complaint, however, details of the crime were revealed. The police believed that Gurumurthy killed his wife over suspicion, dismembered her body, and attempted to destroy evidence by cooking parts of it in a pressure cooker.
Gurumurthy, a native of Prakasam district and a former Army personnel, was employed as a security guard at Kanchanbagh.
He and Madhavi lived in Jillelaguda, Hyderabad, with their two children.
According to sources in the police department, Gurumurthy claimed to have chopped Madhavi’s body into parts, packed them in a gunny bag which he threw into the Chandan Lake area near Jillelaguda.
The police said Gurumurthy said he killed his wife on sudden provocation when his wife demanded to go to her native place in Nandyal.
However, the body is yet to be found and investigation is in progress.
