<p>In a chilling recall of the Shraddha Walkar murder case, a woman and her son allegedly killed her husband, chopped his body into 10 pieces, and kept them in a fridge before dumping them across east Delhi, police said on Monday.</p>.<p>Anjan Das (45) was killed on May 30 by his wife Poonam (48) and stepson Deepak (25) who were arrested from east Delhi's Pandav Nagar.</p>.<p>Some of his body parts were found stuffed inside a bag at the Ramlila Ground in east Delhi's Kalyanpuri on June 5, police said.</p>.<p>Over the next few days, his legs, thighs, skull and a forearm were recovered following which a case was registered under sections 302 (murder) and 201 (causing disappearance of evidence and giving false information) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) at Pandav Nagar Police Station.</p>.<p>The victim has a wife and eight sons in Bihar, but he hid this fact from Poonam, police said, adding that a team will be sent there to collect DNA samples of Das' kin to match the body parts.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/mehrauli-killing-accused-poonawala-undergoes-pending-polygraph-sessions-at-fsl-rohini-1166347.html" target="_blank">Mehrauli killing: Accused Poonawala undergoes pending polygraph sessions at FSL Rohini</a></strong><br /><br />The mother-son duo had killed Das over suspicion that he was eyeing his stepdaughter and stepson's wife. They had disposed of the body parts at different places in east Delhi over a period of three to four days and buried the skull, they said.</p>.<p>The accused told police that they mixed sleeping pills in Das' drink and after he fell unconscious, used a knife and a dagger to kill him. They then slit his throat and waited for the blood to drain out completely before chopping it into pieces.</p>.<p>Following the recovery of body parts in June, police analysed CCTV footage of the area and conducted door-to-door verification. The body was later identified as that of Das which led police to Poonam and Deepak.</p>.<p>Police became suspicious of the two after realising that they had not lodged a missing persons complaint for Das and when questioned, there were discrepancies in their statements.</p>.<p>Subsequently, they confessed to the killing, police said.</p>.<p>According to police, Poonam was married off when she was around 14-years-old to one Sukhdev Tiwari who later deserted her and came to Delhi.</p>.<p>She too landed in the capital in search of her husband and met one Kallu with whom she entered into a live-in relationship, police said.</p>.<p>She then met Das and developed a liking for him. In 2016, Kallu passed away due to liver failure and she married Das the following year in 2017, police said.</p>.<p>When she got married to Das, she was not aware that he had a family in Bihar.</p>.<p>Das, who worked as a lift operator, had in the past sold off Poonam's jewellery and sent the money to his family in Bihar, they added.</p>.<p>The duo had begun plotting the murder around March-April, police said, adding that the fridge used for storing Das' body parts has been seized.</p>.<p>The case bears eerily similarities with the murder of 26-year-old Walkar in the national capital.</p>.<p>Walkar was allegedly killed after a confrontation with her 28-year-old live-in partner Aaftab Poonawala who then sawed her body into 35 pieces and kept them in a 300-litre fridge for almost three weeks at his residence in south Delhi's Mehrauli before dumping them across the city.</p>.<p>The Delhi Police arrested Poonawala on November 12.</p>
<p>In a chilling recall of the Shraddha Walkar murder case, a woman and her son allegedly killed her husband, chopped his body into 10 pieces, and kept them in a fridge before dumping them across east Delhi, police said on Monday.</p>.<p>Anjan Das (45) was killed on May 30 by his wife Poonam (48) and stepson Deepak (25) who were arrested from east Delhi's Pandav Nagar.</p>.<p>Some of his body parts were found stuffed inside a bag at the Ramlila Ground in east Delhi's Kalyanpuri on June 5, police said.</p>.<p>Over the next few days, his legs, thighs, skull and a forearm were recovered following which a case was registered under sections 302 (murder) and 201 (causing disappearance of evidence and giving false information) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) at Pandav Nagar Police Station.</p>.<p>The victim has a wife and eight sons in Bihar, but he hid this fact from Poonam, police said, adding that a team will be sent there to collect DNA samples of Das' kin to match the body parts.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/mehrauli-killing-accused-poonawala-undergoes-pending-polygraph-sessions-at-fsl-rohini-1166347.html" target="_blank">Mehrauli killing: Accused Poonawala undergoes pending polygraph sessions at FSL Rohini</a></strong><br /><br />The mother-son duo had killed Das over suspicion that he was eyeing his stepdaughter and stepson's wife. They had disposed of the body parts at different places in east Delhi over a period of three to four days and buried the skull, they said.</p>.<p>The accused told police that they mixed sleeping pills in Das' drink and after he fell unconscious, used a knife and a dagger to kill him. They then slit his throat and waited for the blood to drain out completely before chopping it into pieces.</p>.<p>Following the recovery of body parts in June, police analysed CCTV footage of the area and conducted door-to-door verification. The body was later identified as that of Das which led police to Poonam and Deepak.</p>.<p>Police became suspicious of the two after realising that they had not lodged a missing persons complaint for Das and when questioned, there were discrepancies in their statements.</p>.<p>Subsequently, they confessed to the killing, police said.</p>.<p>According to police, Poonam was married off when she was around 14-years-old to one Sukhdev Tiwari who later deserted her and came to Delhi.</p>.<p>She too landed in the capital in search of her husband and met one Kallu with whom she entered into a live-in relationship, police said.</p>.<p>She then met Das and developed a liking for him. In 2016, Kallu passed away due to liver failure and she married Das the following year in 2017, police said.</p>.<p>When she got married to Das, she was not aware that he had a family in Bihar.</p>.<p>Das, who worked as a lift operator, had in the past sold off Poonam's jewellery and sent the money to his family in Bihar, they added.</p>.<p>The duo had begun plotting the murder around March-April, police said, adding that the fridge used for storing Das' body parts has been seized.</p>.<p>The case bears eerily similarities with the murder of 26-year-old Walkar in the national capital.</p>.<p>Walkar was allegedly killed after a confrontation with her 28-year-old live-in partner Aaftab Poonawala who then sawed her body into 35 pieces and kept them in a 300-litre fridge for almost three weeks at his residence in south Delhi's Mehrauli before dumping them across the city.</p>.<p>The Delhi Police arrested Poonawala on November 12.</p>