Pune: The crime branch official on Tuesday restored the body of a 31-year-old woman who was packed in three suitcases and dumped 10 days ago at Mutha Ghat, along Jalan Pirangut-Lavasa.
The suspect, a 40-year-old Budhwar Peth resident who had an extraminated affair with the deceased, was arrested on Tuesday.
The victim is a commercial sex worker in the city red light area.
The Mahendra Jagtap Crime Branch Inspector told Ti that the man claimed to have killed the woman and led the police to a place where he had thrown a suitcase.
DCP (crime) Shrinivas Ghadge and ACP Surendra Deshmukh visited the Ghat area to recover suitcases.
“The murder case has been registered with the Vishrambaug police when the incident occurred in Narayan Peth flat,” said Jagtap.
The inspector said the police investigation revealed that the victim had moved from Mumbai to Budhwar Peth a year ago.
About three months ago, he had a relationship with the suspect, who was married.
He had rented a flat in Narayan Peth for him to stay, “Jagtap said In the Solapur District, borrowed Tempo and returned to the flat on August 14.
The same night, he cuts the body, packs the parts, “Jagtap said,” said Jagtap.
One of the Bordel operators in Budhwar Peth had filed a complaint that was missing after the woman was not found for two days.
Pune: The woman’s body part is filled in 3 restored suitcases
