According to the police, a 56-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday night for allegedly killing and dismembering his live-in partner.Manoj Sahani, the suspect, had resided with Saraswati Vaidya in the rented apartment in the Akashganga building near Mira Road for the previous three years.Residents of the block called Nayanagar police station on Wednesday to complain about a bad smell coming from the couples flat.According to the authorities, an initial investigation showed that the woman had been killed severely.“Police have found a body of a woman who had been cut into pieces, from a society in the Mira Road area. Here a couple was living in a live-in relationship. A preliminary investigation revealed that the woman was hacked to death. Further Investigation underway,” Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) of Mumbai Jayant Bajbale said.According to the police officials, the investigation is still underway.Similarity to Shraddha Walker murder caseOn May 18, 2022, in Delhi, a 27-year-old Indian woman named Shraddha Walker was allegedly murdered by her live-in boyfriend, 28-year-old Aaftab Amin Poonawala.Aaftab Poonawala strangled his lover Shraddha Walkar to death while posing as a culinary blogger on social media. Then, in his home in Mehrauli in south Delhi, he sawed her lifeless body into multiple pieces and stored it in a refrigerator for several weeks. The Delhi Police charged Poonawala in January 2023 with murder and causing the removal of evidence of an offence under the appropriate provisions of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) in a 6,636-page chargesheet.Meanwhile, Shraddhas father has demanded the death penalty for Aaftab Poonawala.
