A shocking case similar to Delhi’s Shraddha Walkar murder has come to light from Guwahati. A woman in Guwahati allegedly killed her husband and mother-in-law and stored the body parts in a refrigerator in Guwahati’s Noonmati area.

The incident came to the fore on February 19, about seven months after the brutal killing of the two. The accused, identified as Bandana Kalita, has been arrested and confessed to the crime.

During the investigation, the accused revealed that she killed her husband Amarjyoti Dey and mother-in-law Shankari Dey with the help of her partner and a friend.

On August 17, 2022, the accused cut the body of her dead husband and mother-in-law into multiple pieces and stored them in the refrigerator. Following which, she left the rented home where she was staying with her deceased husband.

The accused further confessed that she returned to the house later to clean the house, took the body parts from the refrigerator, and disposed them in Dawki, Meghalaya on August 21, 2022.

The accused, named Bandana Kalita along with Arup Deka and Dhanjit Deka, are now in the police’ custody.

Amarjyoti Dey married Bandana Kalita a few years ago, and they were living in Narengi. While the marriage lasted peacefully for some years, it turned sour after Amar Jyoti discovered that Bandana was having an affair with a guy named Dhanjit Deka. This resulted in frequent fights between the husband and wife.

On the other hand, Amarjyoti’s mother Shankari Dey owns five buildings in the Chandmari area in the middle of the city. She lived alone in one of the houses, while the other four are given on rent. The rents for these buildings are collected by Shankari Dey’s brother, as he manages her finances.

As the marital dispute grew over years, Amarjyoti and Bandana decided to get a divorce. But seven months ago, Bandana lodged a complaint with the Noonmati Police station saying that her husband and mother-in-law have gone missing. The police started a probe based on the complaint, but could not find them or any clue about their whereabouts.

After some time, Bandana filed another complaint, alleging that Shankari Dey’s brother was misusing money kept in the five bank accounts of Shankari Dey. However, this proved to be a mistake for her. When police looked into the bank accounts, they found that Bandana Kalita herself had withdrawn Rs five lakh from her mother-in-law’s bank account by using ATM cards. This led to police suspecting her, and after receiving more evidence against her following further probe, they arrested her on 17 February.

During the police interrogation, Bandana finally confessed to the crime yesterday. She told police that on 17 August, she had killed Shankari Dey in her house in Chandmari with the help of a youth named Arup Das. After that, they chopped the body into pieces and kept the body parts in the fridge.

Then on 21 August, Bandana Kalita killed her husband with the help of her lover Dhanjit Deka by strangulating him. Then they cut his body also in pieces and stuffed the body parts in polythene bags. After that, the other partner Arup Das joined them, and they collected the body parts of Shankari Dey.

They drove towards Meghalaya and dumped the parts in deep gorges at the Dawki area near Cherapunji. After that, she returned to her house and cleaned the crime scene. Neighbours said that they saw her burning mattress and clothes on the terrace of the house on that day.

After the murders, Bandana Kalita was staying with her parents at their house in the Panikhaiti area in Guwahati, from where she was arrested.