A woman’s decomposed body was found inside a refrigerator in a house in Madhya Pradesh’s Dewas city on Friday. The shocking discovery was made after foul smell began emanating from a room in the front part of the house. The police have taken a former tenant into custody for questioning in connection with the incident.
The house is located in Vrindavan Dham Colony under Bank Note Press police station limits. The neighbours called the landlord after they sensed a foul smell was coming from the house. When the house was opened, the woman’s body was found inside the refrigerator, news agency PTI reported.
“The woman is in her 30s. We suspect she was killed in June 2024. After a foul smell started emanating, neighbours called the landlord who opened a portion of the house. The woman’s body was found in the refrigerator, the shelves of which had been removed. He then alerted police,” Dewas Superintendent of Police Puneet Gehlot said.
According to the police, the woman might have been killed last year. She was saree-clad, wearing jewellery and her hands were tied along with a noose around her neck.
The SP said the house is owned by one Dhirendra Shrivastava, who lives in Indore. He had rented his house to one Sanjay Patidar of Ujjain in June 2023.
“A year later, Patidar vacated the house but continued to keep his belongings in a study room and the master bedroom. He told Shrivastava he would vacate this portion later,” Gehlot said.
Bank Note Press police station inspector Amit Solanki said that the tenant used to visit the house once in a while. The current tenant, Balveer Singh, had recently asked the landlord to unlock the portion of the house. The landlord showed it to him but locked it again, since Patidar’s belongings were inside. He also switched off power supply on Wednesday.
Since the refrigerator was also switched off after electricity supply was cut off, a foul smell started emanating from that portion of the house, SP Solanki said.
The police have taken Patidar into custody and he is being questioned. As per a report by India Today, police are suspecting a possible connection between the woman and the former tenant Patidar.
