MAN HELD FOR KILLING, CHOPPING WOMAN IN U.P.

AZAMGARH: A man has been arrested in the murder of a woman whose dismembered body was found in a well in Azamgarh, officials said on Sunday.

The body of the woman, who was later identified as Aradhana, was found in a semi-naked condition, and seemed to be two to three days old, Superintendent of Police (Azamgarh)

Anurag Arya had earlier said. The incident comes in the wake of a similar one reported in Delhi where a 28-year-old man allegedly strangled his live-in partner and sawed her body into 35 pieces which he kept in a 300-litre fridge for almost three weeks at his residence before dumping them across the city over several days.

Yadav with the help of his parents, cousin Sarvesh, and other family members had planned to kill Aradhana, who was stated to be in her mid-20s, out of resentment because she had married someone else and not him.

She lived in Ishaq Pur village of Azamgarh district.

It has so far come to light that Yadav had a relationship with the victim, who had got married earlier this year to some other person.

On November 9, Yadav had taken Aradhana on his bike to a temple.

When they reached there, he, with the help of Sarvesh, strangled her in a sugarcane field. The two then cut her body in six parts, packed them in a polythene bag, and threw it into a well, police said. They threw the head into a pond some distance away. A sharpedged weapon, a country-made pistol, and a cartridge have been recovered by police in the case so far.

On November 19, the police detained Yadav, who confessed to his involvement during questioning. He was then taken to the spot where the murder took place, where he pointed out the location of the head, which the police recovered. Yadav was then arrested after he tried to flee police custody.