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Investigators dissect how chopped victim bodies are their worst nightmare
Updated On: 18 June, 2023 07:39 AM IST | Mumbai | Gautam S Mengle
With instances of murder accused choosing to use a variety of tools to dismember victims on the rise, investigators discuss why it’s their worst nightmare
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On June 14, the Mira Road police, investigating the murder of Saraswati Vaidya, 32, allegedly by her live-in partner Manoj Sane, hit their first major breakthrough in the investigation. Sane and Vaidya were co-living for three years till their neighbours alerted the police about a foul stench emanating from their residence at Akashganga building earlier on June 7. The police raided the home to see what they say they hadn’t encountered in their careers. They had walked in on three buckets spilling over with human flesh; some more was in a pressure cooker and human hair was scattered on the ground. The stench was powerful enough for the police to wonder how Sane had managed to live there since June 3, when he had allegedly killed her.
As gruesome as the murder was, the police had bigger challenges to surmount. All they had to base their theory on was Sane’s version. However, a confession in police custody has no value as evidence. The reason why this would prove to be a major hurdle was that the victim’s body dismembered; the chances of gathering forensic evidence that linked the body to the accused were next to nil.
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