A property dealer first killed his wife, and then dumped her body in the Queen of Hills — Mussoorie along with his relatives. After dumping her body in a cliff, he approached Rani Bagh police station on December 1 to file missing FIR.
However, cops zeroed in on the man, lalit Jain, after he failed to tell about his whereabouts in the first week of December.
According to a senior police officer of the Northwest district, lalit Jain lives with his family in Harsh Vihar. His wife was named Silky.
On the morning of December 11, lalit came to the police station crying for his wife had gone missing. While investigating the case, when we questioned the parents of Silky, they suspected foul play. Taking this point into consideration, we started questioning lalit at length and at the same time, we also scanned his call detail records. It was then that we found his location in the first week of December was in Mussoorie,” the police said.
“During sustained interrogation, lalit revealed that he first killed his wife and to avoid getting caught, he wrapped her body in a sack, kept it in the boot of the car and then told his family members, who joined him in disposing off the body,” police added.
Based on the questioning of lalit Jain, his brother, Kamal, his distant relative, Nayan, sister-in-law and father of lalit were arrested.
The Rani Bagh police team under SHO Pawan Ahlawat along with the local police carried out a search at at Hathi Pav area. The teams with the help of the Indo Tibetan Border Police finally found the body in the Mcentee Hill,” said the officer.
The Police said that further investigation is underway.