Bodies chopped into 10 pieces with saw: BTech graduate kills parents over money; remains dumped in Gomti river

JAUNPUR: In a chilling case from the Jafarabad area of Jaunpur, police have arrested a 30-year-old BTech graduate for allegedly murdering his parents, dismembering their bodies, and dumping the remains in the Gomti river.

The accused, Ambesh Kumar, a quality engineer by profession, allegedly killed his retired loco pilot father Shyam Bahadur and mother Babita Devi on the evening of December 8 following a dispute over money. According to police, Ambesh struck the couple repeatedly with a silbatta (grinding stone), killing them on the spot.

During interrogation, Ambesh allegedly confessed that after the murders, he used a saw to chop the bodies into around 10 pieces. He then packed the body parts in cement bags and dumped them into the Gomti River from Belawa bridge, police said.

To cover up the crime, Ambesh returned home and misled his sister, Vandana Devi, into lodging a missing persons complaint for their parents at the Jafarabad police station. A few days later, he left home pretending to search for them and did not return, prompting his sister to file another missing report for him as well.

Suspicion grew during the investigation, and Ambesh was arrested from Jaunpur city on Monday evening. Police recovered the murder weapon, including the silbatta and the saw, based on his disclosure.

Jaunpur assistant superintendent of police Aayush Shrivastava said that one body—believed to be Shyam Bahadur’s—has been recovered from the river, while an extensive search is underway for Babita Devi’s remains. Around 15 divers have been deployed to scour the river, he added.