Delhi murder: What police know about chopped up body in Pandav Nagar killing

The accused were spotted on CCTV camera carrying bags - presumably with body parts inside - at an open ground from which body parts were recovered.

Shivani
Published on: 28 Nov 2022 11:16 AM GMT
Delhi murder: What police know about chopped up body in Pandav Nagar killing
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Poonam Das and her son, Deepak Das, were arrested by Delhi Police Monday for the heinous murder of her husband, Anjan Das. In a chilling reminder of the Shraddha Walkar murder case that has made national headlines, the mother-son duo chopped up Das' body into 10 pieces and stored them in a refrigerator while they disposed off the corpse - part by part - at various places across the eastern parts of the national capital.

The two were spotted on CCTV camera carrying bags - presumably with body parts inside - at an open ground from which body parts were recovered, Delhi Police told reporters.

What police know about the Pandav Nagar murder so far:

-Poonam Das is the wife of the man she murdered - Anjan Das - her second husband. Deepak Das is Poonam's son from her first husband - Kallu - who died in 2016. The two have confessed to their crimes, police said.

-Police said Anjan Das was also previously married - in Bihar - and has eight children. Police further said Das was unemployed and had fought with the two accused over money; they told police he insisted on taking their earnings because he had none of his own.

-Ravindra Yadav, Special Commissioner of Delhi Police's Crime Branch, said Das deceased also had 'bad intentions' towards both his stepdaughter and the wife of his stepson, Deepak.

-Poonam and Deepak Das are believed to have fed Anjan Das with liquor laced with sleeping pills on May 30, Amit Goel, Delhi Police's Deputy Commissioner (Crime), said. After this they slit his throat and left the body at home for a day while the blood drained.

-Goel said they then cut the body into 10 parts and dumped them in various locations across Delhi. Six were found; some were in a bag at the Ramlila ground in east Delhi's Kalyanpuri.

-Police said the first parts were found on June 5, after which several more - two legs and two thighs, a skull, and a forearm - were recovered over the next three days. A case was then filed.

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