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Wife and Lover Held in Custody Over Palghar Tile-Burial Murder

A Vasai court has remanded the couple until July 30, with police probing forensic evidence to determine the motive behind Vijay Chauhan’s death.

The decomposed body, believed to be two-week old, was exhumed on Monday
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Mumbai Murder: Woman Kills Husband, Gets His Unaware Brother to Tile Over Buried Body, Continue Living There
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Overview

  • On July 22, Pelhar police apprehended Chaman Devi, 28, and her paramour Monu Sharma, 20, in Pune after nearly a week on the run.
  • A Vasai sessions court on July 23 remanded the suspects to police custody until July 30 under sections 103 (murder), 238 (evidence destruction) and 3(5) (common intention) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
  • Investigators exhumed Vijay Chauhan’s decomposed body from a pit concealed beneath newly laid tiles on July 21 following his brother’s missing person complaint and reports of a foul odour.
  • Police allege the killing was planned days earlier, with Chaman Devi hiring a mason under the pretext of toilet work and using a relative’s help to lay tiles over the burial site.
  • Forensic teams and tehsildar officials continue to examine crime-scene evidence as authorities seek to establish the couple’s motive and identify any additional accomplices.