Headless body found in Chembur lake: 31-year-old slept with victim, then hacked her into pieces

The mystery behind the headless body found in Chembur last week has been solved with the police finally tracking down the missing head on Tuesday In a chilling disclosure the accused told investigators that the victim had arrived at his place where they shared intimate moments He then took the victim to the bathroom and slit her throat Later he chopped her body into parts and disposed them at three different locations in garbage bags u00a0 The accused Prabhakar Shetty left took Kanta the victim to the bathroom where he had hidden a knife He then slit her throat and left her to bleed to death Based on the confession a police team searched the entire stretch of a nullah passing by Shell colony in Chembur and found the head It matched the face of a missing woman identified as Kanta Shetty 36 a resident of Sakinaka who had been missing since October 30 The breakthrough was possible after a missing complaint lodged with the Sakinaka police station was being probed and the investigations led the Sakinaka police to the accused Prabhakar Shetty 31 manager of a restaurant in Chembur Gymkhana Shetty who lives in the official Gymkhana quarters was taken in for questioning He eventually confessed to the murder He was later handed over to the Chembur police and took officials to the spot where he had dumped the head Preliminary investigations revealed that Shetty was in a relationship with Kanta a distant relative Kanta stayed with her family in Sakinaka Her husband died two years ago and her proximity with Shetty increased gradually Police sources further revealed that Shettyrsquos parents had looked for a bride for him and he was to get married soon This was unacceptable to Kanta as Shetty had wooed her with promises of marriage She kept insisting that he get married to her This led to a heated argument between them In his statement to the police Prabhakar revealed that on the day of the incident October 30 he received numerous calls from Kanta As he was unwell he preferred to stay at home that day and kept informing her about his ill health Kanta was skeptical about the reasons and suspected him to be dishonest To check whether he was actually ill she went to meet him at his home that evening Disposal of body According to the police around 8 pm Prabhakar wrapped the body parts in three different garbage bags To avoid any suspicion he made three rounds from his house to three various destinations in three different auto rickshaws to dump the bags The first trip he made was to Chembur lake where he dumped the torso The second trip was to Cheetah Camp where he dumped the legs and hands And finally the last trip was to Shell Colony where he dumped the head in the nullah Hands still missing The police have intensified their search for tracing the missing hands Shetty had informed the police that he dumped the hands and legs together at Cheetah Camp Trombay but the police have only found the legs The body parts were sent to Rajawadi postmortem centre from where it was sent to the Department of Forensic Medicine at Grant Medical College The accused has been arrested under sections 302 murder 201 destroying the evidence of the Indian Penal Code He was produced before the Metropolitan Magistrate Court Kurla who sent him to police custody Cops are yet to recover the weapon Love and murder Prabhakar said that around 730 pm Kanta arrived at his home They were arguing fiercely and Kanta again insisted that he marry her A few minutes later they got intimate Prabhakar took Kanta to the bathroom where he had hidden a kitchen knife He slit her throat and left her to bleed to death He then chopped her body into partsu00a0