Ex-Army Soldier Killed, Body Cut Into Six Pieces By Wife, Her Lover In UP's Ballia

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Last Updated:May 16, 2025, 07:00 IST

The accused killed him, chopped his assemblage into six pieces and past dumped them successful antithetic locations on a riverbank to debar detection, said officials 

The UP Police arrested the wife, her person and 2 others | Image/PTI

A 50-year-old woman, her lover, and 2 accomplices person been arrested for allegedly murdering her husband, a erstwhile Army soldier, successful Uttar Pradesh’s Balia district, said officials.

They added that the accused killed him, chopped his assemblage into six pieces and past dumped them successful antithetic locations on a riverbank to debar detection.

The constabulary said that the accused woman, Maya Devi, a nonmigratory of Bahadurpur, conspired with her lover, Anil Yadav, to termination her husband, Devendra Kumar, a retired unit of the BRO (Border Roads Organisation) helping of the Indian Army.

They arrested 2 different men — Satish Yadav and a operator named Mithilesh — for assisting Maya Devi and Anil Yadav successful the crime.

According to police, they recovered a dismembered assemblage connected May 10 successful Khareed village, wherever severed limbs were found. Two days later, the torso was recovered from a adjacent well.

The victim’s caput is inactive unaccounted for, and hunt operations by divers are underway successful the Ghaghara River.

How Cops Solved The Case

An probe was launched aft Maya Devi filed a missing idiosyncratic study connected May 10, stating that her hubby had gone to Buxar railway presumption successful Bihar to prime up their girl but did not return.

She besides informed constabulary that his telephone had been switched off.

During the investigation, constabulary identified the recovered torso arsenic belonging to Devendra Kumar. Subsequent questioning led to the apprehension of Maya Devi and her accomplices. Authorities said the suspects confessed to discarding Devendra’s caput successful the Ghaghara river.

Two of the accused, including Anil Yadav, were apprehended aft an brushwood with police, during which Anil was changeable successful the leg. All 4 suspects are present successful constabulary custody arsenic the probe continues into the case.

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Uttar Pradesh, India, India

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