Artist Hema Upadhyay's husband Chintan has been sent to police custody till January 1 in connection with the murder of his estranged wife. He was arrested after being questioned late on Monday night by the Kandivali police in Mumbai on suspicion of killing his wife and her lawyer Harish Bhambhani on December 11.
Chintan has been charged with murder, criminal conspiracy and destruction of evidence. Hema's family has been alleging that Chintan was involved her murder. They demanded that Chintan's name should be added in the FIR as the prime accused.
The family alleged that a property dispute led to the murder of Hema as Chintan was not ready to give her share of the property. Her family has accused Chintan of threatening Hema and want the police to probe the property dispute angle.
Meanwhile, the prime accused in the case - Vidya Rajbhar - is still at large. It was learnt that Vidya used to work under Chintan. Another accused Sadhu Rajbhar is currently in police custody.
On December 12, a sweeper had noticed two boxes in a drain next to a crematorium in the Dhanukar Wadi area. He immediately alerted the Kandivali police and later the bodies have been identified as those of Hema and her lawyer Harish.
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