UP shocker! Retired soldier murdered, body chopped into 6 pieces by wife, lover in Ballia
- In May 2025, police in a village in Ballia, Uttar Pradesh, discovered the dismembered body of 62-year-old retired soldier Devendra Kumar, chopped into six pieces and scattered.
- The investigation revealed that Kumar's wife, 44-year-old Maya Devi, allegedly conspired with her lover and two associates to kill him, motivated by an extramarital affair and attempts to mislead police.
- The murder occurred inside Kumar's home in Bahadurpur locality; the body parts included severed arms, legs, and the head, with the torso recovered from a well near Khareed Darauli village and other parts wrapped in polythene near Ghaghra river.
- Ballia Superintendent Omveer Singh reported that on May 10, a woman reported her husband missing, stating he had gone to Buxar but did not return, while Maya Devi and others later admitted to murdering and dismembering him.
- Following the arrests of Maya Devi, her lover Anil Yadav, and two others, police continue to search for Kumar's missing head, and the case has raised local shock, highlighting recent patterns of spousal murders in Uttar Pradesh.
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UP: Wife, lover arrested for hacking Ex-Army husband to pieces
Ballia: A 44-year-old woman, with the help of her lover and two others, allegedly hacked her ex-army soldier husband into six pieces in a village here, police on Tuesday said. The accused dumped the body parts in different locations to conceal the identity of the victim. The incident came to light Saturday with the discovery of severed hands and legs, wrapped in polythene, in a field near Khareed village under Sikandarpur Police Station. The vic…
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