Police in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, solved a headless murder mystery after finding a woman's torso in a drain in Sector 108 on November 6, 2025. The victim was identified as 34-year-old Preeti Yadav through a toe ring (bichhua) recognized by her husband and children. Investigators analyzed over 5,000 CCTV video feeds to track an unlit air-conditioned bus driven by Monu Solanki, a married father who was having an extramarital affair with Preeti. Police report that Monu pre-planned the murder after Preeti pressured him to divorce his wife and marry her, and allegedly threatened his daughter. On November 5, 2025, Monu invited Preeti onto the bus, bought her food, drove to a secluded spot, and decapitated and dismembered her using a gadaasa (heavy axe). He then crushed her head and limbs under the bus wheels to destroy evidence before dumping the torso in Noida and other remains in Ghaziabad. Monu was arrested after forensic teams discovered blood and flesh traces on the bus tires.
Country: India
State/Province: Uttar Pradesh, India
City/Region: Noida
Incident Type: Murder
Relationship Status: Extramarital relationship
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Incident Date: Nov. 5, 2025
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Crime Tak - India · Original language: Hindi
Noida Bus के अंदर 30 मिनट में किए Lover की लाश के टुकड़े,सिर काट पहिए से पीसी हड्डियां,सड़क पर फेंका
Infidelity
The relationship originated as a secret extramarital affair between Monu Solanki and Preeti Yadav, who met through Monu's mother at a factory workplace. Escalation occurred when Preeti, separated from her husband, demanded that Monu divorce his wife and marry her, allegedly controlling his finances and threatening his family. Monu responded to these pressures by orchestrating a pre-planned murder using a heavy weapon inside his service bus, followed by extreme methods of body dismemberment to impede identification.
Noida Police formed nine special investigative teams to solve the blind murder case. Key breakthroughs included analyzing 5,000 CCTV video clips to identify a dark, unlit bus, identifying victim remains via a recovered toe ring shown to her husband, and obtaining forensic recovery of tissue and blood traces despite four vehicle washings by the suspect. Monu Solanki confessed to police and is awaiting judicial trial.
Initially, police faced extreme difficulty identifying the victim because the torso recovered on November 6 lacked a head, hands, and legs, and fingers had been severed to prevent fingerprint identification. Dispersal of crushed bone fragments near Ghaziabad created initial uncertainty regarding the victim's identity and scene of death.
Monu Solanki lured Preeti Yadav onto his bus on November 5, 2025, served her food, and drove to an isolated area. Inside the enclosed, dark bus, he used a hidden gadaasa to decapitate and dismember her. He dumped her torso in a Noida drain, crushed her head and limbs under bus tires near Ghaziabad before discarding them, washed the bus four times, and discarded her clothes and weapon near railway tracks.
High-risk indicators included intense interpersonal conflict over marital status, financial control, alleged threats directed at family members, and clandestine meetings. The suspect prepared a concealed heavy weapon in advance, demonstrating severe lethality risk during relationship dissolution disputes.
Severe interpersonal pressure and extortion threats within secret extramarital relationships can precede extreme violent escalation. Rigorous forensic examination of vehicles and systematic CCTV network cross-referencing remain critical in solving complex concealment attempts.
Preeti Yadav's sudden lack of communication with her husband and children over three days, alongside reported financial demands and coercive pressure on Monu to leave his wife.
A toe ring (bichhua) recovered near human remains, along with repeated CCTV footage showing a single service bus travelling with all lights turned off across multiple routes.
Forensic recovery of human flesh in bus tires and blood traces inside the vehicle, victim identification via toe ring and missing person matching, DNA sampling from children, and recovery of discarded clothes and weapon near railway tracks.
Preeti's husband reported that he last spoke with her three days prior to her disappearance and confirmed that the recovered toe ring belonged to her.
Initial discovery of an unidentified torso in Sector 108 evolved into a full murder charge against Monu Solanki following CCTV vehicle tracking and suspect confession.
Final court adjudication and formal sentencing remain pending as police submit forensic DNA evidence to prosecutors.