Overview
- UP Police arrested Ram Singh Parihar, 63, and held his second wife Geeta and son Nitin on charges including murder and evidence destruction under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
- Investigators say Parihar confessed to killing his live-in partner Preeti on January 8 after a quarrel over money and to burning the body inside a large blue trunk using wood and coal.
- Officers found charred bone fragments, ash and coal-like material in the trunk after the loader driver reported a heavy, foul-smelling box he had transported at night.
- Forensic teams seized samples for post-mortem and DNA analysis, and police inspected the rented house where a stove, wood, a blue drum and other materials linked to burning were recovered.
- Police describe a decade-long relationship between the accused and the victim, note that Parihar has two wives living separately in Jhansi, and say further questioning is underway to establish motive and any additional roles.