Overview
- The case surfaced late Saturday after a loader driver transporting a leaking, foul-smelling trunk alerted police in the Sipri Bazar area.
- Officers opened the box and recovered charred bone fragments, ash and coal-like material; samples were sent for forensic analysis and a murder case was registered.
- Police identify the accused as retired railway worker Ram Singh, who has two wives and had housed victim Preeti in a rented Jhansi flat.
- Two people, including Singh’s son, are in custody for questioning on suspected help in disposal, while reports conflict on whether Singh was arrested Sunday evening or remains on the run.
- Investigators say the killing occurred around January 8 and allege the body was burned with coal and wood, possibly in stages on a stove, with some ashes dumped in a nearby river.