On December 5, 2025, in Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, India, Aarti (also known as Bharti Banjare) was allegedly killed during a domestic altercation by her live-in partner of five to six months, Tularam Banjare (alias Billu). According to police reports and suspect confessions, the couple was consuming alcohol at home when an argument escalated and Aarti slapped Tularam. In response, Tularam allegedly retaliated by striking her head against a wall, causing fatal injuries. Tularam remained with the deceased for several hours before consulting his brother, Govardhan. Together with an auto-rickshaw driver friend, Shakti, they removed Aarti's clothes, bound her body to fit into an auto-rickshaw, burned her nightgown to destroy evidence, and transported the body to a drain near Chandra Maurya Bridge. To mislead neighbors, Tularam claimed Aarti had traveled to Nagpur to care for her ailing father. On December 13, 2025, passersby noticed a foul odor and notified police, who recovered the decomposed body. Police identified the victim using a distinctive tattoo featured in social media appeals, which led relatives to identify her. Technical evidence, CCTV footage showing three men unloading the body from an auto-rickshaw, and physical evidence recovered from the scene—including broken bangles, burned fabric, and matches—led to the arrest and confession of Tularam, Govardhan, and Shakti.
Country: India
State/Province: Chhattisgarh, India
City/Region: Bhilai
Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide
Relationship Status: Live-in relationship
Relationship Duration: 5-6 months
Incident Date: Dec. 5, 2025
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Crime Tak - India · Original language: Hindi
Chhattisgarh Murder Mystery: Live-in Partner की हत्या कर लाश के निकाले कपड़े फिर लाश के साथ किया ये
Domestic Violence
The case reflects a severe escalation of intimate partner violence within a high-conflict live-in relationship complicated by alcohol use. A physical provocation—a slap during a night of drinking—triggered an immediate, lethal violent reaction from a partner with a documented history of interpersonal violence. Following the violent act, the perpetrator engaged family and social networks to facilitate post-offense concealment, body contortion, and evidence destruction rather than seeking emergency assistance.
Police from the Supela police station recovered physical evidence from the home, including broken glass bangles, matches, and burnt remnants of the victim's nightgown, alongside the seized auto-rickshaw. CCTV footage near Chandra Maurya Bridge captured three individuals unloading a wrapped bundle from an auto-rickshaw into a roadside drain. All three suspects—Tularam Banjare, Govardhan, and Shakti—were arrested, confessed to their roles, and were remanded to legal custody pending trial.
Initial identification was complicated by severe decomposition after the body remained submerged in a drain for eight days. Furthermore, Tularam created a false cover story, telling neighbors that Aarti had left for Nagpur to attend to her sick father, delaying suspicion regarding her sudden disappearance.
Investigating officers combined digital and physical leads to solve the crime. The victim's unique hand tattoo was broadcast on social media and regional news, prompting relatives to identify her. Surveillance footage near the dump site led police to the auto-rickshaw and identified three men. Interrogations and home searches confirmed the crime scene through physical traces including broken bangles, matches, and burnt fabric matching the victim's clothes.
The offender presented extreme risk indicators, including a documented criminal history involving prior violent offenses and assault charges while out on bail. Coupled with frequent alcohol consumption, volatile relationship dynamics, and immediate resort to severe physical force, the situation demonstrated high lethality risks that culminated in intimate partner homicide.
Intimate partner violence combined with prior criminal tendencies and substance use creates severe lethality risks. Rapid public broadcast of unique physical identifiers like tattoos can overcome post-mortem identification barriers in homicide investigations.
Frequent domestic arguments while drinking, volatile behavior, and the suspect's history of prior violent criminal charges served as significant unaddressed warning signs.
A distinctive hand tattoo broadcast on social media, CCTV footage showing three men near the bridge with an auto-rickshaw, and broken bangles at the primary scene provided essential clues.
Key evidence included CCTV video footage, the seized auto-rickshaw, burnt nightgown fabric, matches, broken bangles from the home, and suspect confessions.
Neighbors reported that Tularam told them Aarti had gone to Nagpur because her father was ill. Relatives who saw the tattoo broadcast on social media contacted police to confirm her identity.
Follow-up police disclosure revealed Tularam was a habitual offender out on bail for prior assault and homicide allegations, reframing the incident within a broader pattern of criminal violence.
It remains under judicial verification whether additional undetected motives or prior threats existed beyond the reported immediate altercation.