Mumbai horror: 'Monster Manoj' chopped, roasted body parts of live-in partner

NT Bureau, Agencies

Thane: A 56-year-old man accused of killing his livein partner and chopping and boiling her body par ts in Maharashtra's Thane district was sent to police custody till June 16 by a court on Thursday as gory details emerged about the horrific crime during investigation.

The accused, Manoj Sane, who worked at a ration shop, kept the woman's chopped body parts in three buckets in their rented flat in Mira Road (East), a suburb of Mumbai, and tried to hide the stench by spraying room freshener, his neighbours said though a motive behind the gruesome murder remains unclear so far.  

According to FIR registered by the police, Sane not only boiled body pieces in a pressure cooker and an utensil after cutting them, but also roasted them and put them in a bucket and tub. It is suspected the murder took place on June 4, but came to light on June 7.

Neighbours also told the police Sane had been feeding stray dogs for the past few days, something he had never done before. Victim Saraswati Vaidya (36) was in a live-in relationship with Sane. A senior police official said Sane most likely killed Vaidya on June 4 and was trying to dispose of the body parts. Netizens call him 'Monster Manoj' for guresome murder.