In shocking incident, Mumbai woman found living for months with mother's body in cupboard

In a macabre incident, a 23-year-old woman was found living with the body of her widowed mother, wrapped in a plastic sheet and hidden in the cupboard for nearly three months, news agency ANI reported, citing Mumbai Police. The incident was discovered late Tuesday night when the Kalachowki Police were investigating the 'missing' complaint of the widow, Veena Prakash Jain, 55, lodged by her brother's family.

As the police team reached their home in the Lalbaug area, the woman initially did not allow them entry, and earlier she had even dismissed her cousin brother who had come to enquire after his aunt (the deceased).

Recovered in a highly decomposed state, the police said the Veena Prakash Jain had sustained stab wounds while other parts of her body like hands and feet were cut, and a Forensic Team that went around the entire flat for a full investigation.


"Parts of her body, like her arms & legs, were chopped off with a sharp weapon. Police found the body in a plastic bag kept in a cupboard. In such a situation, the FSL team was also called late in the night and the Panchnama of the entire flat was done," a police officer told news agency IANS.

The police has taken the 22-year-old daughter of the deceased woman into custody and the body has been sent for post-mortem. A case has been registered at Kalachowki Police Station in Mumbai.

An official said that the woman has claimed that she had no knowledge of the body, and kept making contradictory statements.

"The reason for the murder, when it was committed and by whom, is still not clear... We shall take further steps after the post-mortem report is received," a police office told IANS.

In November last year, the murder of Shradha Walkar in Delhi shook the entire nation. After allegedly strangling Walkar on May 18, her live-in-partner Aaftab Poonawala sawed her body into 35 pieces and kept them in a 300-litre fridge for almost three weeks at his residence before dumping them across the city over several days.