An ex-serviceman has been arrested in Hyderabad for the murder of his wife, whom he had reported missing last week. The accused, Guru Murthy, was arrested on Wednesday by the Telangana Police during the investigation into the disappearance of his wife, Venkata Madhavi, on 18 January.
Murthy, who was working as a security guard at DRDO in Kanchan Bagh after serving in the Army, had lodged a complaint with Meerpet Police Station, claiming that his wife was missing.
However, during the investigation, police learned that Murthy and Madhavi had been having frequent quarrels for days before she was reported missing.
Police became suspicious after Murthy made contradictory claims, and upon detailed interrogation, the 45-year-old admitted to killing his wife.
Murthy, who married Madhavi 13 years ago and has two children with her, also revealed shocking details about the murder.
He admitted to killing the 35-year-old woman after a heated argument on 18 January. Murthy told police that he chopped the body into pieces and boiled them in a pressure cooker. After boiling the chopped body parts several times, he dumped them into a lake in Jillelaguda.
To cover up his crime, Murthy informed his wife's family that she was missing and even accompanied them to the police station to file a complaint.
According to the police, while Murthy has admitted to killing his wife, they have yet to recover the chopped body parts he dumped in the lake.
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