In a horrifying incident, the body of man, who was reported missing for almost past two months, was found chopped into pieces in a sack from a drain in Madhya Pradesh’s Jabalpur, police said on Wednesday.

According to the police, the deceased victim, identified as Anupam Sharma—a resident of Gadarwara in Madhya Pradesh’s Narsinghpur district— had been reported missing for the past 52 days and his family had filed a missing complaint at Sanjeevani Nagar Police Station in Jabalpur on February 16 after Anupam hadn’t returned home.

On Tuesday, Anupam’s body was found chopped into pieces in a sack which was dumped by the accused in a drain in Sanjeevani Nagar area, the police said.

Giving details, a senior official said the accused, identified as Tony Verma, was a friend of the victim as both of them worked together in the stock market.

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He said that Verma, the prime accused who reportedly died by suicide after the murder, allegedly killed his friend Anupam over some dispute over monetary transaction and later sawed the victim’s body into several pieces, filled the chopped parts into a sack and dumped it down the sewer in an attempt to destroy evidence.

The official said that Verma and his accomplice, Ram Prakash Poonia—who has now been arrested—strangled Sharma and then chopped his body into pieces with a machine saw.

According to the police, Tony Verma allegedly committed suicide, days after the murder.

An official said the police has registered a case of murder in this regard under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and further investigation is underway.

He said that Poonia is currently being interrogated to ascertain the exact motive behind the murder and the mysterious suicide of his accomplice Tony Verma, days after the murder, adding that Verma’s suicide is also being probed.

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