UP: Husband kills wife for consuming drugs, cheating on him, chops her body into pieces and disposes at distant location

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In the wake of the horrific Shraddha Walkar murder case in the national capital, another similar case has come to light in Uttar Pradesh’s Sitapur, where the body of a woman was chopped and disposed off at a distant location.

According to the Sitapur Police, they recovered the victim’s body on November 8, identified as Jyoti alias Sneha, from Gulariha under the police station Rampur Kalan area in Sitapur district of Uttar Pradesh, while the two main accused in the case, identified as Pankaj Maurya and Durjan Pasi, have been arrested.

As per the police statement, the body parts of the woman have been recovered from Gulariha under the police station Rampur Kalan area of Sitapur. The woman is the wife of one of the accused, Pankaj Maurya.

The Sitapur police in its statement revealed, “the accused Pankaj Maurya has confessed to Police that he along with one of his companions has killed his wife”.

The accused in his statement to the police stated that the woman, Jyoti alias Sneha, used to consume drugs regularly.

In its statement, the Sitapur police explained that the accused, identified as Pankaj Maurya decided to eliminate Jyoti, whom he had been married to for over ten years after he suspected she was cheating on him.