Rajesh Chauhan, a daily wage artisan in Mumbai, provided shelter to his unemployed friend from his native region in Uttar Pradesh, Imran Mansouri. After moving into the household, Imran developed an illicit relationship with Rajesh's wife, Puja Chauhan. As Rajesh grew suspicious of their behavior and asked Imran to find his own accommodation and leave, Puja and Imran conspired to kill Rajesh to maintain their relationship. Under the guise of a farewell drinking gathering at the residence, Imran and Puja strangulated Rajesh, struck him with an axe, cleaned the bloodied scene, wrapped his body in a bedsheet, and dumped it into a local creek using a motorcycle. Puja and Imran then filed a false missing person complaint with the police to conceal the murder. Police reviewed nearby CCTV footage, spotted Imran and Puja transporting the body on the motorcycle, interrogated both suspects, and recovered the murder weapon after full confessions.
Country: India
State/Province: Maharashtra, India
City/Region: Mumbai
Incident Type: Murder
Relationship Status: Extramarital relationship
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Infidelity
The case illustrates a severe escalation of intimate partner infidelity within a cohabitating domestic arrangement. When the victim offered shelter to a struggling friend, an illicit affair developed between his wife and the friend. As suspicions arose and the husband attempted to re-establish boundaries by asking the friend to move out, the paramours conspired to eliminate the victim rather than dissolve the marriage legally.
Police in Mumbai investigated a missing person report filed by the victim's wife and her paramour. Analysis of local CCTV camera footage revealed the suspects transporting a wrapped body on a motorcycle. Following police interrogation, both suspects confessed, detailing the strangulation, axe assault, disposal of the body into a creek, and location of the murder weapons.
Initial reporting by the suspects framed the incident as a missing person investigation. Suspicion shifted rapidly when CCTV evidence contradicted the narrative that Rajesh had simply disappeared.
Imran Mansouri moved into Rajesh Chauhan's residence in Mumbai. An extramarital relationship began between Imran and Puja Chauhan. Upon Rajesh noticing behavioral changes and asking Imran to move out, Imran and Puja planned Rajesh's murder under the pretext of a farewell drinking session. After strangling Rajesh and hitting him with an axe, they cleaned the residence, moved the body by motorcycle, dumped it into a creek, and lodged a false police report.
The co-presence of an unvetted third party residing within a marital home combined with secret romantic entanglement and escalating suspicion creates extreme domestic lethality risks. When confrontational housing deadlines are imposed without external safety measures, offenders with severe fear of exposure or loss of relationship access may resort to lethal violence.
Domestic cohabitation involving extramarital entanglements can rapidly turn violent when husband attempts to remove the third party. Objective surveillance tools like CCTV play a critical role in rapidly dismantling false missing person reports.
Rajesh noticed subtle changes in his wife's behavior and overreactions, leading him to ask Imran to leave the home.
CCTV footage recorded Imran driving a motorcycle with Rajesh's bedsheet-wrapped body in the middle and Puja riding behind.
CCTV video footage showing motorcycle movement, confessions during police interrogation, and recovery of the sharp weapon (knife/axe).
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Initial missing person complaint by Puja and Imran was disproved when surveillance footage showed them transporting the wrapped body.
The exact court trial timeline and formal legal conviction details are not specified in the source report.