The Delhi Police have arrested a woman for allegedly murdering her husband with the help of her son. The woman suspected her husband of having an extramarital affair. After the murder, the mother and son  allegedly chopped up the body into 22 pieces, stored them inside the fridge, and disposed them off across several east Delhi neighbourhoods.

The body parts were first found in Pandav Nagar in June and a case of murder was registered. But the investigation could not progress as the pieces of the body had decomposed.

When the shocking details of the Shraddha Walkar murder case came up earlier this month, it was also probed if the unidentified body parts were hers.

During their investigation, the crime branch scanned the footage from CCTV cameras in the area where the body parts were found. The footage showed that the woman and the son visited the area on several nights. As police probed deeper, they found that one Anjan Das, a resident of east Delhi’s Pandav Nagar, had been missing for about six months. They also found that the man’s family had not registered any complaints regarding the same, with the police. 

According to police, the accused woman Poonam and her son Dipak killed Anjan in June. He was given sleeping pills and murdered after he was unconscious, police said. 

Shocking footage from CCTV cameras in the neighbourhood show Deepak walking with a bag in his hand late at night — police say this was one of his trips to throw away the body pieces. His mother Poonam is seen following him. Another clip shows them during the day. Police said they made several trips to gradually throw away the pieces of the body.

Further details about the case are awaited.