Overview

• Officers recovered a severed female head on August 30 from a creekside nullah near Idgah Road in Bhiwandi and sent it for post-mortem.
• The victim was identified as Pravin alias Muskan Ansari, 22, following technical leads and field inquiries.
• Police traced and arrested her husband, Mohammad Taha Ansari, who has been remanded to police custody.
• A case has been registered under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections 103(1) for murder and 238 for destruction of evidence.
• Senior officials say the accused has given conflicting accounts as teams deploy dog squads, fire brigade units, and drones to search for remaining body parts after an initial torso search failed.