Mother-In-Law Helped Sons Kill Pregnant Woman?

Hyderabad: The police has made a breakthrough in the murder of pregnant woman whose body was found butchered and stuffed inside sacks near Botanical Gardens, Gachibowli recently.

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The police traced the house of the accused Amarkanth Jha in the city. The mother of the accused was taken into police custody on Monday.

On January 30, a body of a woman was found at Sriram Nagar colony near Kondapur Botanical Gardens. According to the police, Amarkanth Jha, a native of Bihar, along with his family migrated to Hyderabad a few years ago. The family has been living in Siddiquinagar near Madhapur in the city. Amarnath was working at a bar in the locality.

The victim, who was eight months pregnant at the time of death, used to frequently quarrel with her in-laws, the police said. On the night of January 28, the woman was hacked to death by her brothers-in-law Amarkanth Jha and Vijay Kumar along with the help of the mother. They then chopped the victim into pieces and stuffed the body into a gunny bag. In order to destroy evidence, the accused left the gunny bag before the Botanical Gardens in Kondapur.

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While the victim's mother-in-law has been arrested in the case, the police has formed teams to arrest Vijay Kumar and Amarkanth.