Maharashtra Man Beheads Wife, Dumps 17 Body Parts Across Bhiwani

Last Updated:September 05, 2025, 17:10 IST

Taha was arrested in Bhiwani, Maharashtra for allegedly murdering and dismembering his wife Muskan Mohammad Taha Ansari into 17 parts. Police investigation and SITs are ongoing.

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In a shocking case from Maharashtra’s Bhiwani city, a man allegedly murdered his wife and dismembered her body into 17 parts, police sources said. The revelation comes just days after the woman’s severed head was discovered near a slaughterhouse.

The immediate motive behind the murder could not be ascertained, as the accused, identified as Taha, is continuously changing his statement, NDTV quoted the sources as saying.

The victim’s head, believed to belong to a woman aged between 25 and 28, was discovered near the Idgah Road slum and slaughterhouse area on August 30. The accused, Taha, has since been arrested.

During the course of the investigation, Taha told police that he dumped his wife Parveen, alias Muskan Mohammad Taha Ansari’s body parts across the city after the murder, the sources said. He said he chopped his wife’s body into 17 pieces, they added.

Search operations are ongoing to locate the remaining body parts, with sources confirming that drones and fire brigade teams have been pressed into service.

The incident came to light when Muskan’s mother, Hanifa Khan, filed a missing persons complaint with the police.

Bhoiwada Police Station senior inspector Ashok Ratanparkhi said that Hanifa claimed that her daughter’s phone was found switched off for two days, and calls to her son-in-law went unanswered. A photo of Muskan’s severed head was shown to Hanifa, who then identified her daughter.

Ratanparkhi declined to share details regarding the decapitation, and the exact location of the murder has not yet been determined. The severed head was sent to Indira Gandhi Sub-District Hospital.

NDTV quoted sources as saying that efforts are being made to determine the motive and establish details like the exact location of the murder. Police are also searching for the weapon used in the crime.

Two Special Investigation Teams (SITs) have been formed under the leadership of the Deputy Commissioner of Police and the Assistant Commissioner of Police to probe the case.

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