Man ‘working in Australia’ for two years found buried in Jamnagar; wife, two others held
Police in Jamnagar, India, have exhumed the skeletal remains of a man who had been missing for two years. His wife and two associates have been arrested for the murder and subsequent cover-up.
Why it matters
This case highlights the severity of domestic violence and the complexities of criminal investigations involving long-term disappearances.
A family’s repeated attempts at getting the address of a relative ‘who had gone to Australia’ have ended with police unearthing his skeletal remains in Jamnagar in Gujarat. Investigators said the alleged murder had been concealed for more than two years.
The police exhumed the remains, believed to be those of Jignesh Mavadiya, on Thursday from a pit around 12 feet below the floor of a shed in the Dared GIDC industrial area here. They have arrested the man’s wife Prithvi alias Bhumiben, her alleged lover Nilesh Kachhatia, and their associate Balveer Verma on charges of murder and destruction of evidence among others.
Assistant Superintendent of Police Pratibha said power tools had to be used to drill through a nearly one-foot thick concrete layer covering the burial site.
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