Man held in Jharkhand after 22-year-old wife found chopped into pieces

JHARKHAND,DEC 18: A man was on Sunday arrested here after his wife was found chopped into pieces, with body parts dumped in different areas of the district, a police officer said on Sunday. The victim, a 22-year-old woman, was the second wife of 28-year-old Dildar Ansari,.

Local residents spotted the victim’s body parts, which were being dragged by dogs, in Boria area of the district, and the police was subsequently informed about the matter.

“At least 13 body parts were recovered from different parts of the district. On inspection, it was found that the parts were of a 22-year-old woman, a resident of Donda Pahar in Boria area,” Jagannath Pan, the officer in-charge of Borio Police Station, told PTI.

Sub-Divisional Police Officer (Sahibganj) Rajendra Kumar Dubey said some of the body parts of the victim were found in an abandoned house in the district.

After an initial probe, Ansari was arrested in connection with the murder.

Senior police officers are in the locality looking into the matter, the SDPO said, adding that more details will be available following a thorough investigation.

-The New Indian Express