A Rajasthani businessman who allegedly buried his ailing wife in a toilet pit dug in his home in Majeragaon village, Rajasmandh district, has been nabbed, a police official said here on Tuesday.
Claiming to join the Swachcha Bharat initiative, the accused Chandmal Jain, 45, had hired some labourers to dig a toilet in his village home sometime in April.
After the toilet pit was ready, he carried his ailing bedridden wife Sarita to the pit and buried her alive late in the night.
The following day, he dismissed the labourers claiming he didn't have sufficient money to go ahead with constructing the toilet in his home. For weeks later, Jain managed to ward off any suspicion by spreading a mat on the 'grave' of his wife and sleeping peacefully on it.
On June 1, he also lodged a complaint with the local Kelwara Police and accused Sarita of having disappeared two weeks ago with his savings of Rs5,000. Meanwhile, Jain had fled to Mumbai and was hiding at a relative's home in Ashok Nagar area in north-west Mumbai from where he was caught by the Samata Nagar Police.