Man kills live-in partner, stuffs body in mattress in Maha’s Palghar, held

Mangalore Today News Network

Palghar, Feb 15, 2023: Even as the gory details in Delhi’s Najafgarh case continue to emerge, a similar incident has surfaced in Maharashtra where a man allegedly killed his live-in partner and stuffed her body in a mattress. Police arrested a 27-year-old man on Tuesday for allegedly killing his 35-year-old live-in partner at their residence in Nalasopara. A case has been registered at Tulinj Police station in Palghar district.

 

According to police, the accused, Hardik Shah stayed at Sita Sadan society in Nalasopara with Megha Dhan Singh Torvi. The couple had allegedly told their real estate agent ,landlord and other neighbours that they were married.

The details of the murder came to the fore when the decomposed body of Megha was recovered from a flat in the Vijay Nagar area of Nalasopara. The neighbours alerted the police when a foul smell began to emanate from inside the victim’s rented house.

The body was found stuffed in a mattress. She was suspected to have been killed sometime last week, senior inspector Shailendra Nagarkar told PTI.

Megha’s live-in partner, who was trying to escape after killing her, was arrested by the police on Tuesday.

A police official told PTI that the accused was jobless and the couple used to quarrel often. During one such quarrel he allegedly killed her, the official added. Police officials are trying to ascertain the exact date when Megha was killed.

The accused also messaged his sister about the killing and sold off furniture in the flat before fleeing. A case of murder under Indian Penal Code section 302 has been registered and a further probe is on, an official said.

DELHI NAJAFGARH MURDER

The incident comes at a time when the murder of 22-year-old Nikki Yadav in Delhi’s Najafgarh shook the nation. Delhi Police has arrested a man for allegedly killing his 22-year-old live-in partner and storing her body in a fridge in a dhaba on the outskirts of Mitraon village in Najafgarh.

According to sources, the deceased, identified as Nikki Yadav, was strangulated to death by her boyfriend, Sahil Gehlot (24), near Kashmiri Gate ISBT on the intervening night of February 9 and 10. The accused allegedly used the data cable of his mobile in his car to strangulate the woman. Later on, he married another woman the same day.

The story of Sahil has eerie similarities to that of Aaftab Poonawala, who murdered Shraddha Walkar by strangling her in a moment of anger in May last year. Poonawala then dismembered Walkar’s body into 35 pieces and stored them in a 300-litre refrigerator before disposing of the body parts in a forest in Mehrauli.

Courtesy: India Today