Beautician drugged, killed, chopped, and buried by couple over jewellery theft in Rajasthan

JODHPUR: A man and his wife killed a 50-year-old woman who worked as a beautician and then chopped her body into pieces before burying it close to their house, police said on Saturday.

DCP (West) Rajarshi Raj Verma said Anita Chaudhary , a resident of Sardarpara, was murdered on Oct 26. Police reached the house of the accused, Gulamuddin Farooqi , who has a dry-cleaning shop near the beauty parlour of the victim, on Oct 27, following a missing report filed by the victim's husband. The wife of the accused told police that her husband had killed and buried Anita in a pit just outside their house. Police dug up the pit and found a polybag containing the body parts of the victim.

"A police team has been formed to search for Gulamuddin. Meanwhile, we have arrested Gulamuddin's wife, Abida, who was involved in the murder and the body was recovered based on her information," said Verma.

The officer said the victim had last spoken to her husband, Manmohan Chaudhary, at 12 noon on Oct 26. "With the help of CCTV cameras and a taxi driver, who had dropped the victim to the accused's house in Gangana area, police reached Gulamuddin's house. Though we did not find him at the house, it was Abida who revealed that Anita was killed and her body was buried in a pit outside their house," Verma said.

Police said preliminary investigation has revealed that the accused was addicted to gambling and had accumulated a debt of Rs 12 lakh. He had known Anita for 25 years as they had shops facing each other on Sardarpara C Road. Anita used to wear jewellery, to steal which Gulamuddin devised a plan with help of his wife.

He asked Anita to visit his house on Oct 26. Anita went from her shop to his house in a taxi. The accused and his wife offered her a drink laced with sedatives. After she became unconscious, they killed her, removed her jewellery, and cut her body into pieces with a meat-cutting knife before burying it.