Investigations into the murder of a 31-year-old woman by her elder brother-in-law in Outer Delhi's Vijay Vihar area on Friday night, the autopsy report of the woman submitted to police on Monday suggest that the accused, Rama Shanker, had tried to burn her before cutting her into pieces.
In the report, particles of petrol have been found on the body of the victim. Moreover, police suspect more than one person’s role behind the murder of the woman, whose hands and head were found chopped off.
Days after the murder, police on Monday said that they still have not been able to find the severed head of the victim.
On Saturday morning, police found a headless body of a woman among bushes in Rohini Sector-24 area. Based on the call made by the accused confessing about his role in the murder of Kalawati, the accused told police that he had tried to burn her before chopping her body.
As per the autopsy report, doctors suggested that there were more than half a dozen injury marks found on the body of the woman.
The accused, Rama Shanker, told us that he wanted to establish physical relationship with the victim for a long time. As per the allegations levelled by the daughter of the victim, her uncle was forcing Kalawati to establish illicit relations with him.
In the course of investigation, police had said that the accused hacked the woman to death on August 25 and thrown her body at an empty plot.
With the new developments in the case after the autopsy report was released on Monday, police sources said that they suspect that apart from Rama Shanker, more persons were involved in the murder.
On Saturday, police said that Rama Shankar had called them and confessed about killing Kalawati. Initially, he had informed the cops that he was unhappy with her modern outlook and her working in a factory brought shame to the family's honour.
Family of the victim told The Pioneer that she used to work in a godown near her house to provide better education for her children.