The partially decomposed body of a woman was found in the bathroom of her home in the State capital on Tuesday night. The victim’s neck, police said, was strangled with a cable wire. The corpse smelt as it had been there for around three days.
However, when the smell from the body alarmed the neighbours in Ganpati Homes Colony of Ayodhya Nagar area, they immediately informed the authorities.
Police said the house was locked from outside, and they had to break the door open. When the police got in, they traced the dead body in the bathroom. The body was confirmed to be that of one Rakhi Patel who lived with her husband Prashant Patel and their children in the house.
The neighbours told the police that three days ago, Prashant and Rakhi had a really bad fight and after that Prashant left the house with their children and locked it from outside. The husband was not seen after that.
The police interrogated Prashant’s parents staying in Gairatganj area, where they revealed that Prashant had left the children with them saying he had some urgent work.
Police are suspecting Prashant of murdering her wife as he is absconding since the incident. The estranged husband’s actions of dropping the children at his parents’ home before going incognito have also raised eyebrows.