A 28-year-old cab operator from Assam ’s Guwahati was arrested on Monday for allegedly chopping off his wife’s head, police said, adding that the severed head was recovered from a refrigerator at his rented residence in Guwahati’s Beltola area.
He initially fled the crime scene but later surrendered to the police at Hatigaon police station following which he was arrested. The incident took place at a rented house in the Basisthapur area. Police searched the house and found Riya’s severed head placed inside a black polythene bag, in the refrigerator. A forensic team from the Guwahati police collected evidence at the scene.
Initial findings suggest Riya was killed at least 24 hours before her severed head was found, police said.
The deceased identified as Riya Talukdar, hails from Guwahati’s Noonmati, while her husband, Ramanujan Goswami, who hails from Dhubri’s Gauripur, was arrested, police said. Along with the head, some of the victim’s fingers were also found severed, police said. Riya’s body has been sent to the Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) for a post-mortem examination and the exact timeline and cause of death will be established once the report comes, police said.
The matter came to light after neighbours noticed a foul odour emanating from the locked house on Sunday night and alerted the police.
