Pune man and wife arrested for murdering sister and dismembering body in property dispute

A couple have been arrested in connection with the death of a woman whose headless body was found on the banks of a river in the city of Pune earlier this week, police said on Sunday.

An official said police arrested Ashfaq Khan and his wife Hamida on Saturday for allegedly killing his 48-year-old sister in a dispute over ownership of a room in a slum.

On August 26, police found the body of a woman with her hands and legs severed on the banks of the Mutha river in Kharadi area.

After an investigation, the woman was identified as Sakina Khan (48), the official said.

Deputy Commissioner of Police Ranjankumar Sharma said: “Pune police have found a woman's torso on the banks of the Mutha river. The body was naked and the accused had dismembered it to destroy evidence before throwing it into the river.” Investigations revealed that the victim, Sakina, had a dispute with her brother over the ownership of a room in a slum in the Shivaji Nagar area of ​​the city, he said.

Sakina was reported missing and her brother Ashfaq and sister-in-law Hamida were arrested in connection with her disappearance, the official said.

The duo allegedly strangled the victim, beheaded her and dismembered the body to destroy the evidence, he said.

The couple were arrested under sections 103 (murder) and 238 (disappearance of evidence) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), the official said.

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