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Man murders wife and boils her body parts after heated argument—police

Published Jan 29, 2025 6:53 pm

Warning: This article contains graphic content. 

A man was arrested for murdering his wife, and then dismembering and boiling her remains in an attempt to cover up the crime. 

Rachakonda police in India reported that the victim, 39-year-old Smt. Putta Venkata Madhavi, was reported missing on Jan. 18 by her mother. The suspect behind her death is her husband, Putta Guru Murthy, 39, with whom she allegedly got into a heated argument prior to the murder.  

From the CCTV footage obtained by authorities during the investigation, Madhavi was seen entering their residence with Murthy on Jan. 15 but was not seen exiting their home since that day, which “clearly shows the accused might have murdered his wife inside of the house,” police said.

On Jan. 28, two weeks since her disappearance, Murthy was summoned for questioning, where he allegedly admitted to killing his wife. According to police, Murthy said in his confession that on Jan. 16 after waking up at around 8 a.m., he and Madhavi got into a heated argument that made him slap and strangle her.

After realizing that Madhavi was dead, Murthy proceeded to dismember her body, per the police's statement. He allegedly placed her remains in a bucket to boil it before placing them on a gas stove.  

The police also said that Murthy tried to destroy evidence by crushing Madhavi’s bones into powder and flushing some of it in the toilet. Small bones, meanwhile, were also placed in the trash bin. He also cleaned the bathroom with detergent and phenyl. The whole process took Murthy eight hours, according to investigators.

“He murdered his wife inhumanly,” the police said in a statement. 

Murthy has been arrested for charges of homicide, destroying of evidence, and cruelty against women by husband or in-law.