The Indian Express | 1 week ago | 19-03-2023 | 11:45 am
The 23-year-old Mumbai woman, arrested for allegedly murdering her 55-year-old mother, chopping her body and keeping them at their house, used tea powder, 35-40 bottles of air fresheners and phenyl over a period of two months to suppress the foul smell, police said.The accused, Rimple Jain, surfed the internet to learn about ways to chop the body and supress the foul smell, police said.According to the police, Rimple has claimed her mother Veena allegedly fell off the first floor of their house on December 27 last year. Two men working at a Chinese eatery located below their house had helped bring Veena back home.Rimple has claimed her mother, who sustained several injuries, including on her head, succumbed to the injuries. “She was not taken to a doctor and she succumbed to those injuries at home,” a police officer said.Rimple has claimed that she was afraid that she would be blamed for her mother’s death and that’s why she started surfing the internet for ways to dispose off her remains, the police said, adding that she bought an electric marble cutter from a shop near Lalbaug market to chop the body.“While she used the electric marble cutter, sickle and a knife to allegedly cut her body, Rimple also used air fresheners, phenyl and tea powder to suppress the foul smell so as not to arouse the suspicion of her neighbours,” the officer said.While the police are yet to find out the motive behind the murder, they said there used to be altercations between the mother and daughter.The police on Friday recorded the statement of a 27-year-old man in connection with the murder. The man was questioned for several hours but later allowed to go.A senior officer said that a team from Kalachowkie police brought the man from Lucknow to record his statement as he was in touch with Rimple.“We are recording the statements of everyone who were in touch with Rimple around the time the incident took place. The man also spoke to her often. He had gone to Uttar Pradesh so we had to send a police team to bring him here,” the officer added.According to the police, the man was one of the two persons the accused said had helped take her mother to their house after she had allegedly fallen down on December 27.
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