Killers roamed around with woman's head for 2 days

She had played a bit part in the 2011 horror film 404 that spooked audiences But the uncut tale of smalltime actress Meenakshi Thaparsquos murder is considerably more unnerving According to cops the two advocatescumstruggling actors who were arrested by unit IX of Mumbai crime branch on Saturday night were carrying the severed head of the 26yearold for two days before throwing it out of a moving bus Piece by piece The killers had hacked Meenakshi Thapa39s body to pieces in Gorakhpur where they had taken her on the pretext of a film shoot According to crime branch officers the two accused identified as Amit Jaiswal 36 and Preeti Elvina Surin 26 had killed Thapa after abducting her and then demanded a ransom of Rs 15 lakh from her family Cops say Thapa mdash a Nepalese who settled in Dehradun before moving to Mumbai mdash had gone missing a month ago from her Lokhandwala residence Preeti Surin one of the accused At a loss Jaiswal and Surin had come to Mumbai last year and were staying in Virar The two were advocates from Allahabad and were running a coaching class there The duo had befriended Thapa at a film shoot Thapa had told them that she was from a rich family and was working in Bollywood as a hobby Jaiswal who was married was in dire straits when he met Surin The two had then started the coaching class which too was unprofitable When his wife learnt about his affair he left her and eloped to Mumbai with Surin Police inspector Sangeeta Patil from crime branch said that the couple came up with a plan to kidnap Thapa The two on March 13 lured Thapa to Allahabad on the pretext of a film shoot After killing her in Gorakhpur they acquired her ATM card and mobile SIM card Raising from the dead The two then made calls to the victimrsquos mother and demanded a ransom of Rs 15 lakh They threatened the family that they would shoot an obscene film of Thapa and then kill her if their demand was not met The couple had instructed Thaparsquos brother Navraj to deposit the cash in the victimrsquos account Navraj had then registered a kidnapping complaint with the Dehradun police who transferred the case to Amboli police stationu00a0Police officers said that Navraj had given the kidnappers Rs 60000 even as cops were on the lookout for the duo ldquoFollowing a tipoff on Saturday we arrested the couple from Bandrardquo said S Satardekar senior police inspector of crime branch unit IX Officers investigating the case said that they were tracing Thaparsquos mobile phone which showed her last known location as Allahabad Then on Saturday the location changed to Bandra ldquoAt first Jaiswal and Surin denied their involvement In fact Jaiswal claimed Thapa had given her mobile and ATM card to him while she was in Allahabad with her boyfriend On interrogating further Surin confessed to the crime However the accused are not telling the police where they have disposed of the body which is essential to the caserdquo said an officer ldquoWe are now sure that even if we find the body we will not be able to find Thaparsquos head as the two do not remember where they discarded it from the bus at nightrdquo he addedu00a0