Dismembered, body parts boiled... Ex-serviceman's 'rarest of rare' act

An ex-serviceman allegedly murdered his wife, dismembered her body, crushed her bones into powder and flushed down the remains in a toilet, all during a day-long 'operation,' police said on Tuesday after arresting the accused.

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HYDERABAD:

Giving the chilling details of the crime, police described the act as "rarest of rare" and of "barbaric nature."

Rachakonda Commissioner Sudheer Babu said P Gurumurthy (39) was arrested after he gave a "confessional" statement that he killed his wife and then cut her body into small parts, boiled them and later burnt them before crushing the bones into powder. The accused left his two children at a relative's house with an intention to murder his wife Madhavi (35). On January 16, he had an argument with her and later smashed her head against the wall due to which she fell down, Babu told reporters here. The accused later strangulated the hapless victim to death.