IAF sergeant, wife held for murder

Ludhiana: The Bathinda police Tuesday arrested a sergeant with the Indian Air Force (IAF) and his wife for allegedly murdering a 27-year-old man on the premises of the Bhisiana air force station. The police identified the suspects as Sailesh Kumar and Anuradha Patel.

The victim, Vipan Shukla, was murdered on February 9 and after that his body was chopped into 16 parts on February 19, packed using polythene bags and stored in a refrigerator and almirah, the police said. After a search of the suspects’ residence, police recovered all the body parts.

The victim’s wife, Kumkum Shukla, told the police that her husband had an extramarital affair with Anuradha. Sailesh has confessed, the police said.

Saileshisasergeantattheairforcestation in Bhisiana while Vipan Shukla was workingasacorporalinthecanteenofthe Air Force women’s welfare association on the premises of the Air Force station. SP Gurmeetsinghsaid,“shuklahadanextramarital relationship with Anuradha and this was the motive behind the crime.”

The SP added that Anuradha wanted to marry him after leaving her husband Sailesh, but Shukla had refused. ENS