Filmmaker arrested 2 weeks after wife's body parts found in dustbins

 SMTV Desk 2019-02-07 11:35:49  chennai, filmmaker, woman body parts
Filmmaker arrested 2 weeks after wife's body parts found in dustbins

Chennai, Feb 07: More than a fortnight after dismantled body parts of a woman was found in garbage bins in Chennai, the police have arrested the woman's husband, who is a film director and producer.

The woman's identity was also established 2 weeks after her severed limbs with tattoo designs were found in a dump yard in the southern part of Chennai.

The police, who began an investigation last month with just the tattoos as clues, on Wednesday arrested 51-year-old Balakrishnan for allegedly killing his wife, Sandhya, 35.

"Various cases of missing women were examined, among them identification marks of Sandhya, who went missing in Chennai, matched with the tattoos found on the severed legs," Chennai Police Commissioner said.

Balakrishnan, after allegedly killing his wife on January 19, disassembled the body the next day and dumped the parts packed in plastic bags in various garbage bins in the city, the police said.

During the investigation, Balakrishnan conceded to having committed the crime suspecting her reliability, they said.

"Based on information he gave, another part of the woman's body was also found on Wednesday," the police said, adding that further investigation is on to find the woman's head and figure.