Surat News: In a bone-chilling incident that reminded India of the Meerut blue drum case, a man brutally murdered his wife and then hid her body at an abandoned house in a wooden crate. Surprisingly, the man then went on to file a missing complaint before the police to mislead them.
Surat News-Turn Of Events
Vishal Salvi, a 40-year-old man, decided to approach Surat Police to report that Shilpa Salvi, his wife, had gone missing. A dietician by profession, Shilpa was last seen 4 days as per Vishal’s claims. A routine missing person investigation was initiated by police and a handwritten note that was written by Vishal was recovered from the home of the couple.
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The note was found by their minor son and given to the police team. The investigators turned their focus from a case of a missing person to a suspected murder case.
An old and abandoned property was traced by the police team that was linked to Vishal in the limits of the Salabatpura police station.
A foul odour was emanating from a wooden crate in a corner of the room when officers broke the locked house. The decomposed body of the missing woman was found inside the box. Her body had been concealed reportedly with raw cement to hide her identity. It was revealed by preliminary findings that the murder of Shilpa Salvi may have happened 4-5 days before a missing person report was filed by her husband.
Police Reaction
It was confirmed by Senior police officer Kanan Desai that the investigation started soon after a missing person report was filed by the husband. Presently, the woman’s body has been sent for the post-mortem and forensic teams are offering their assistance to collect evidence for determining the death’s exact cause, as per a video shared of the police reaction by News Capital Digital.
According to initial reports, enquiries and statements from acquaintances indicate that the Salvi couple had been undergoing marital discord for long as the husband suspected her of an extramarital affair.
The accused husband is absconding and searches across different locations are presently being conducted by Gujarat Police.
