Chennai, Jun 8 (PTI) A woman and her friend were arrested for allegedly killing her husband, dismembering his body and disposing of the remains in different parts of Chennai, police said on Monday.
The murder came to light when a torso packed into a suitcase and left near a staircase on platform number four at Perambur station was found on June 5.
Commuters had alerted the Government Railway Police to a foul smell.
Police said the breakthrough came after a medical waste disposal bag containing a mutilated male torso was discovered inside the abandoned suitcase. It led investigators to a private hospital in Teynampet.
The victim has been identified as 40-year-old Ameer Ali, a native of Assam.
According to police, Ali, his wife Ruheema and her friend Ashraf Ali were all from Assam and earned a living by assisting outstation medical patients travelling to Chennai.
Preliminary investigations revealed that a domestic dispute triggered the crime. Ruheema was reportedly upset over her husband’s relationship with another woman, which had led to frequent altercations and recent physical threats from Ali.
Conspiring together, Ruheema and Ashraf allegedly administered sedatives to Ali before slitting his throat with a knife at their Teynampet residence.
To conceal the crime, the duo dismembered the body and disposed of the remains across the city.
Scrutiny of CCTV footage and discrepancies in Ruheema’s statements during questioning led to their arrest.
While the torso was sent to Government Kilpauk Medical College Hospital for post-mortem, intensive search operations are underway to recover the victim’s severed head and other missing limbs. PTI JR JR SSK
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