Murder most foul: Woman suspected of killing Kanpur doctor couriers genitals to wife

The gruesome murder of a 42-year-old government doctor in Kanpur has taken a bizarre turn with the woman accused of the crime trying to courier the victim’s severed genitals to his wife, police said on Tuesday. Satish Chandra, posted at Amrodha Primary Health Centre in Kanpur Dehat area, was found dead on Sunday at a hotel in the Rania area. The main accused woman in the case, who is yet to be traced, was present with the victim in the hotel where he was later found murdered, police said. Kanpur (rural) SP KS Singh said that en route to delivering the package, the courier saw blood stains on it and contacted the police who seized the parcel after seeing its contents. [caption id=“attachment_981799” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Police are still attempting to trace the woman. AFP[/caption] Police are sending the organ to a forensic laboratory in Lucknow for a DNA test, he said. The features described by the courier company employees match with that of the accused woman. She was in her mid-twenties and wearing a salwar kameez, he said. According to a Hindustan Times report, the woman delivered the parcel asking that it be delivered to the doctor’s residence in Barra and when asked for her cell phone number gave one that turned out to be false. When the wrapped parcel was opened for sorting in the night, employees of the courier firm discovered the gruesome contents had been placed on a cotton cushion and also contained a letter addressed to the doctor’s wife. The contents of the letter are not known presently. Meanwhile, the deceased’s brother has filed an FIR against an unknown doctor, hotel manager Anup Srivastav, and three other hotel employees, they said. Infuriated over the shocking incident, doctors in government hospitals on Monday called a strike and demanded justice for the victim. They demanded the immediate arrest of all the accused and security for themselves, police said. The doctors, who had taken part in the strike called by the PMM Association, have all resumed work from Tuesday, Kanpur Dehat CMO Karan Singh said. But they have warned that if the accused are not arrested immediately, all services at hospitals, barring emergency duties, would be suspended. According to police, Chandra’s post-mortem report mentions excessive bleeding caused by a cut from a sharp weapon as the reason for death. with inputs from PTI