RAIPUR: A man has been arrested for murdering his wife, chopping her body into several parts and dumping them in the water tank. The incident took place in the Uslapur area in Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The deceased woman has been identified as Sati Sahu. The police recovered the mutilated and decomposed body of Sati from a house in Uslapur on Sunday night. Upon conducting an investigation, they found that Sati was murdered by her husband, Pavan Thakur. The police officer further said the body would be around 1-2 months old and more details could be availed after the autopsy.

According to the police, Pavan Thakur might have murdered his wife suspecting her of infidelity and later dumped her body into the tank after chopping it into multiple pieces.

The crime came to light when the neighbours of Thakur alerted police about the foul smell emanating from the house following which Sakri police rushed to the spot for undertaking an investigation and the decomposed body was recovered, the officer said.

Police and experts from forensic science laboratories rushed to the spot for undertaking the investigation at the scene of the crime. Police have sent the body for autopsy and detained Thakur. The police have registered the case and further probe is underway, the officer added.