Woman, son kill man, chop body into pieces

Tell police that the victim would often fight with them and had been molesting their family member

A woman and her son allegedly murdered a 55-year-old man earlier this summer, chopped his body into 10 pieces, stored them in their refrigerator and, over two days, threw the parts, police said on Monday, in a case with a stark resemblance to the alleged Shraddha Walkar murder that took place around the same time.

A woman and her son allegedly murdered a 55-year-old man earlier this summer, chopped his body into 10 pieces, stored them in their refrigerator and, over two days, threw the parts, police said on Monday, in a case with a stark resemblance to the alleged Shraddha Walkar murder that took place around the same time.

The victim was identified as Anjan Das, a resident of Trilokpuri. According to police officials, the case was cracked when they pored over security footage from locations in east Delhi’s Kalyanpuri, where some of the body parts were found, following which they zeroed in on the mother-son duo, who were seen making repeated trips with plastic bags in hand.

During questioning, the officials added, they broke down and owned up to their role.

The accused were identified as 48-year-old Poonam and her son, 25-year-old Deepak, whose last names were not shared by police. The duo told police that they killed Das sometime in the last week of May with a dagger and a knife, both of which were used in dismembering the body.

The motive, according to what the two told police, was frequent fights between Poonam and Das, and that Das would purportedly molest another family member.

The police said no molestation complaint was filed by the family. The murder took place at a Trilokpuri house where Poonam and Das lived.

Special commissioner of police (Crime) Ravindra Singh Yadav said Das was a lift mechanic and came from Bihar. Parts of his body were found on June 5 but his identity was not established until now, when the mother and son were identified and questioned.

A murder case was first registered at the Pandav Nagar police station and investigation was also taken up by the Delhi Police’s crime branch.

Area residents said they were “absolutely clueless” that such a gruesome murder took place under their noses and many describing Poonam as a recluse.