Mira Road murder: Killer went to mall to buy knives to chop wife's body

Mira Road witnessed a case of a horrific murder on Tuesday when 36yearold Girish Khote killed his wife Madhumanti and went on to chop her body into pieces Girish used to stay on the 14th floor of Nakshatra Tower at Golden Nest in Mira Road along with his wife and young son Further details about the murder emerged after police reached his flat and arrested Girish The man also showed officers the body parts that he had stuffed into the fridge Girish Khote murdered his wife Madhumanti and chopped her body into pieces Recently married Girish and his wife Madhumanti got married in 2010 His wife was a French national her mother was French and her father was Indian While her mother had died Madhumanti 32 would get money from her grandmother who lived in France Police said his wife also owned some shops and flats at Charni Road after she sold one of the homes there the couple bought the flat at Nakshatra and moved in seven months ago Madhumant Both of them didnrsquot work but managed expenses using the money the wife got from her grandmother and the rent generated by the properties at Charni Road The couple also have a son who is twoandhalfyears of age Girish used to drive an auto rickshaw and would do odd jobs at a hotel The fridge in which Khote stuffed his wifersquos body parts How it unfolded For the past oneandahalf years the couple had been having problems Girish had no job and had taken to alcohol He had wanted to open a hotel of his own and had demanded money from his wife who had refused him ldquoShe had recently told him that she had started hating him and this country and was fed up of the marriagerdquo said an officer from the Mira Road police station Police suspect the couple might have fought and Girish killed her in a fit of rage After coming to his senses he realised he had to dispose the body Nakshatra Tower in Golden Nest Mira Road where the couple used to reside He immediately called up a cousin Nitin Madre and went with him to a nearby mall where he bought a fresh set of knives cotton duct tape napkin detergent and other cleaning material He then sent Madre away this was on Tuesday afternoon around 230 pm At night around 9 pm Madre got a call from Girish who confessed to having killed his wife ldquoHe told me to come an hour later as I wouldnrsquot be able to bear the sight of the bodyrdquo said his cousin Madre immediately informed the Mira Road police When the police team reached his flat Girish was found sitting on the bed with his wifersquos chopped off legs wrapped and packed neatly with duct tape beside him But police found only a couple of spots of blood on the wall and surprisingly no stench of the dead body This is when Girish led them to the fridge in which he had stuffed the remaining parts of his wifersquos body The head and the torso had been neatly wrapped into plastic bags and bound by duct tape The police collected all the three parts and sent it for a postmortem at the Bhagwati Hospital in Borivli ldquoKhote has confessed to the murder but has lost all his senses He has just been spouting nonsense His cousin informed us in time otherwise he wouldrsquove disposed off the bodyrdquo said Dinkar Pingle senior police inspector of Mira Road police station At the time of the murder the couplersquos son was not at home ldquoKhote had sent their son to his motherrsquos house in Thanerdquo Ingle added The couple according to Khotersquos brother fought regularly Khote was presented before the court and has been remanded to police custody for 12 days