During the investigation, the police found out that the accused is a drug addict (Representative Image). | Photo Credit: Getty Images

Key Highlights A woman was murdered by her ex-husband in Madhya Pradesh The incident came to light after the police found severed body parts of the woman in different areas The prime accused's associate has been nabbed

Mhow: The murder case of a woman who had been found dead in a drain in Mhow town of Madhya Pradesh has been solved by the police. The police arrested one of the accused on Monday. Missing parts of the woman's body were found on Sunday from bushes near Mohan Talkies. She has been identified as Ruksar alias Ruksana.

One of the accused was arrested after the police scanned the CCTV footage of the area. He has been identified as Anup Maheshwari. The prime accused is the woman's estranged husband Sadiq. The two got married around eight years ago but separated after their divorce in 2014. Following which, Ruksar started living with her parents.

Yogesh Tomar, Mhow police station in-charge said, "While going through CCTV footage we found a man, Anup Maheshwari, carrying a sack on his two-wheeler on the night when the woman's leg was spotted in a drain in Surkhi Gali. When he was returning from the area the sack was not seen on his vehicle raising suspicion. "

During the investigation, the police found out that the accused is a drug addict. When he was being interrogated, Anup confessed to the crime. He told the police that he knew Sadiq, Ruksar's ex-husband as he was her neighbour.

Sadiq flew into a rage as he did not want his ex-wife to talk to other people. Anup said that while Sadiq murdered Ruksar, he helped Sadiq in disposing of her body parts. Anup threw severed parts of Ruksar's body in different areas. A case has been registered in relation to the incident. Sadiq is still on the run.

Jilted lover rapes woman, throws acid on her after she decides to end their relationship

A similar incident came to light in May this year from Shahjahanpur in Uttar Pradesh where a woman was raped by her boyfriend after she told him that she wanted to end their relationship. The accused also threw acid on the woman. He was booked under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

The accused had asked the woman to meet him in an orchard in Kachhiyana Khera. The two had been in a relationship for around five years. The accused raped the woman when she reached the orchard. Following which, she told him that she wanted to break-up with him. The accused allegedly flew into a fit of rage and hurled acid at the woman.