A husband in India admitted to killing and cooking his wife following a heated argument, but cops have shockingly let him walk free.
Gurumurthy, 45, told Rachakonda police in Hyderabad on Wednesday that he had slaughtered his wife Venkata Madhavi, 35, who had been reported missing since January 16.
The retired soldier told authorities he had killed his wife of 13 years, after slamming her against a wall which resulted in an instant death.
Gurumurthy, a father-of-two, then claimed to have dismembered her corpse using a kitchen knife before boiling the body parts.
After boiling, Gurumurthy chillingly told cops he had placed her limbs in a pressure cooker for five-to-six hours and used a pestle and mortar to grind down her bones.
He is then said to have thrown the remaining flesh and powdered bones into Meerpet Lake.
Police seized potential evidence, including the pressure cooker, a kettle, and knives from the apartment where the butchering is believed to have taken place.
Forensic teams, as well as a dog squad, have searched around the lake for the remains but have so far emerged unsuccessful in their attempts.
Gurumurthy, 45, told police in Hyderabad on Wednesday that he had slaughtered his wife Venkata Madhavi, 35
The entrance area of the couple’s apartment where Gurumurthy is said to have killed his wife Venkata Madhavi
In this kitchen, the soldier is said to have cooked parts of his wife in a pressure cooker for days
The retired soldier told authorities he had killed his wife of 13 years, pictured, after slamming her against a wall which resulted in an instant death
‘We cannot rely on mere allegations. We are collecting all technical and scientific evidence. The case is being investigated,’ a police spokesman told The India Express newspaper.
As police continue to interrogate Gurumurthy, the Meerpet police believe he may have killed Madhavi in a fit of rage and did everything possible to avoid the crime being detected.
‘As of now, we don’t have any reasons to believe it was a premeditated crime. It seems like the result of a petty quarrel,’ Ch Praveen Kumar, Deputy Commissioner of Police told the newspaper.
‘We are questioning the suspect and we have not recovered any body parts. We do not have enough clues,’ he added.
Gurumurthy told the police Madhavi left home in a fit of rage after a quarrel between the two on the morning of January 16.
But during their investigation, the police grew suspicious of the husband after sifting through footage obtained from CCTV cameras installed near Gurumurthy’s house in the colony.
While the footage showed Madhavi entering the house on January 15, she was not seen leaving the house in the next two days, Meerpet police inspector K Nagaraju said, adding the CCTV footage showed Gurumurthy’s movements during that period.
‘We took Gurumurthy into custody on Wednesday for questioning. Initially he provided inconsistent responses, but later he claimed to have killed his wife and disposed of the body,’ Nagaraju said.
Due to the lack of evidence, however, Gurumurthy has been freed and the case is still considered a missing persons case.
[Notigroup Newsroom in collaboration with other media outlets, with information from the following sources]
